{"id":"F2012L01027","name":"Federal Magistrates Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)","slug":"federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"62 of 2012","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89364,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Magistrates Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms](image.001.png)\n\nFederal Magistrates Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 62\n\nI, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Federal Magistrates Act 1999.\n\nDated 10 May 2012\n\nQUENTIN BRYCE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy Her Excellency’s Command\n\nNICOLA ROXON\n\nAttorney-General\n\n1 Name of regulation\n\nThis regulation is the Federal Magistrates Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis regulation commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Amendment of Federal Magistrates Regulations 2000\n\nSchedule 1 amends the Federal Magistrates Regulations 2000.\n\nSchedule 1 Amendments\n\n(section 3)\n\n\\[1\\] After regulation 15\n\ninsert\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous\n\n16 Modification of Legislative Instruments Act 2003 in its application to the Federal Magistrates Court\n\nFor subsection 120 (4) of the Act, the application of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 to the Federal Magistrates Court is subject to the modifications set out in Schedule 2.\n\n\\[2\\] After Schedule 1\n\ninsert\n\nSchedule 2 Modification of Legislative Instruments Act 2003 in its application to the Federal Magistrates Court\n\n(regulation 16)\n\n\\[f1\\] Paragraph 14 (1) (a)\n\nomit\n\nAct, or of any disallowable legislative instrument,\n\ninsert\n\nAct, any disallowable legislative instrument or any rules of court,\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.comlaw.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":4307},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a technical housekeeping amendment clarifying the classification of documents made under court rules. It does not expand the Court's jurisdiction, powers, or the substantive regulatory framework beyond the original intent of ensuring proper administrative treatment of procedural documents."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and Federal Magistrates Act 1999","Involves technical distinctions between legislative instruments, disallowable instruments, and rules of court","Uses modification powers under section 120(4) rather than direct textual amendment"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment to the Federal Magistrates Regulations 2000 clarifies that the Court’s rules of court are treated like Acts and other instruments in an exemption under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. \n\nPractically, documents made under the Court’s procedural rules are excluded from being “legislative instruments” and are treated as internal administrative instruments — aligning the Court’s rule-making with other Australian courts and affecting Court administration, not judicial decisions or party rights."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1","history":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-amendment-regulation-2012-no-1/documents"}}