{"id":"sl-2017-32","name":"Family Violence Regulation 2017","slug":"family-violence-regulation-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"32 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173367,"registerId":"act-sl-2017-32-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Family Violence Regulation 2017","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nSL2017-32\nmade under the\nFamily Violence Act 2016\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 25 November 2017\nRepublication date: 25 November 2017\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Family Violence Regulation 2017, made under the Family Violence\nAct 2016 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial\nchanges)) as in force on 25 November 2017. It also includes any commencement, repeal or\nexpiry affecting this republished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act\n2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an\nindividual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n25/11/17\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nmade under the\nFamily Violence Act 2016\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Notes 2\n4 Prescribed jurisdictions—Act, s 115, definition of corresponding law 2\n5 Interstate FVOs—Act, s 115, definition of interstate FVO, par (a) 2\n6 Registered foreign orders—Act, s 115, definition of registered foreign\norder, par (a) 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 5\n2 Abbreviation key 5\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Family Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\nR1\n25/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history 6\n4 Amendment history 6\n\nR1\n25/11/17\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nmade under the\nFamily Violence Act 2016\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Family Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\nR1\n25/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Family Violence Regulation 2017.\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n4 Prescribed jurisdictions—Act, s 115, definition of\ncorresponding law\nEach State is prescribed.\nNote State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).\n5 Interstate FVOs—Act, s 115, definition of interstate FVO,\npar (a)\nThe following are prescribed:\n(a) an apprehended domestic violence order or an interim\napprehended domestic violence order under the Crimes\n(Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW);\n(b) a domestic violence order under the Domestic and Family\nViolence Act 2007 (NT);\n(c) a domestic violence order, police protection notice or release\nconditions under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection\nAct 2012 (Qld);\n(d) an intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention\nof Abuse) Act 2009 (SA) that addresses a family violence\nconcern;\n\nSection 6\nR1\n25/11/17\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(e) a family violence order (FVO), an interim FVO or a police\nfamily violence order (PFVO) under the Family Violence\nAct 2004 (Tas);\n(f) a family violence intervention order or a family violence safety\nnotice under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic);\n(g) the following orders under the Restraining Orders Act 1997\n(WA):\n(i) a family violence restraining order;\n(ii) a violence restraining order made before 1 July 2017 that\naddresses a family violence concern;\n(iii) a police order.\nNote Family violence concern—see the Act, s 116.\n6 Registered foreign orders—Act, s 115, definition of\nregistered foreign order, par (a)\nThe following are prescribed:\n(a) a registered external protection order under the Crimes\n(Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), part 13;\n(b) a registered external order under the Domestic and Family\nViolence Act 2007 (NT);\n(c) a registered foreign order under the Domestic and Family\nViolence Protection Act 2012 (Qld);\n(d) a foreign intervention order registered under the Intervention\nOrders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 (SA), part 4 other than\nan order declared under that Act not to be a foreign intervention\norder for that Act, part 3A;\n\nSection 6\npage 4 Family Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\nR1\n25/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(e) an external family violence order registered under the Family\nViolence Act 2004 (Tas), section 27;\n(f) a corresponding New Zealand order registered under the Family\nViolence Protection Act 2008 (Vic), part 10;\n(g) a foreign restraining order registered under the Restraining\nOrders Act 1997 (WA), part 7A.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n25/11/17\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 6 Family Violence Regulation 2017\nEffective: 25/11/17\nR1\n25/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nFamily Violence Regulation 2017 SL2017-32\nnotified LR 24 November 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 24 November 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 25 November 2017 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation performs exactly the limited, technical function intended: prescribing external orders for recognition purposes under the parent Act. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of enabling mutual recognition of family violence orders."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short—only 6 substantive sections, with sections 1-3 being administrative (name, notes, commencement)","No defined terms in the regulation itself; relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act (Family Violence Act 2016)","No conditional logic or nested exceptions—just straightforward lists of prescribed orders","Simple cross-referencing structure: each section points to a specific definition in the parent Act and lists applicable orders","Content is purely declarative (listing specific orders from other jurisdictions) with no operational machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation specifies which interstate and registered foreign protection orders the ACT will recognise and enforce under the Family Violence Act 2016. By formally listing those external orders, it ensures protection orders made elsewhere continue to operate in the ACT.\n\nIt affects people who hold protection orders from other places and the ACT police and courts, creating a smoother, legally certain safety net for victims of family violence crossing jurisdictions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation implements the Family Violence Act 2016 by prescribing which States/Territory and which interstate and registered foreign family-violence orders correspond to ACT law. The text republishes those prescriptions and related metadata; it does not itself expand or narrow the Act’s stated scope as presented in this republication."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument that mainly lists prescribed jurisdictions and order types (low structural complexity).","Relies on cross-references to the principal Act for key definitions (Family Violence Act 2016, definition of corresponding law and interstate/registered foreign orders).","Enumerates different order names across multiple jurisdictions, requiring familiarity with each external statute (administrative mapping burden).","Possible implementation dependence on registration processes and external statutes that may change independently (maintenance and amendment risk).","Uses legislative drafting conventions (notes, republication history, uncommenced/modified markers) that require checking the register for current status (compliance verification effort).","Key operative provisions are concise (Regulation, ss 4–6), but legal effect depends on interaction with other laws (inter-jurisdictional legal interface)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation tells which interstate and registered foreign family-violence orders the ACT will treat as corresponding to its Family Violence Act 2016. It lists the Australian States/Territory and specific kinds of orders from each jurisdiction that the ACT recognises for enforcement and registration. It matters to people subject to protection orders, police, courts and service agencies because it determines which external orders will be given legal effect in the ACT and how cross-jurisdictional protection operates."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017","history":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/family-violence-regulation-2017/documents"}}