{"id":"F2003B00286","name":"Federal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Repeal Rules 2003","slug":"federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"273 of 2003","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31218,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2003B00286-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Repeal Rules 2003","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nFederal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Repeal Rules 2003\n\nStatutory Rules 2003 No. 2731\n\nWe, Federal Magistrates, make the following Rules of Court under the Federal Magistrates Act 1999.\n\nDated 24 October 2003\n\nBRYANT CFM\n\nBARNES FM\n\nBAUMANN FM\n\nBREWSTER FM\n\nBROWN FM\n\nCOKER FM\n\nCONNOLLY FM\n\nDONALD FM\n\nDRIVER FM\n\nHARTNETT FM\n\nMcINNIS FM\n\nMEAD FM\n\nPHIPPS FM\n\nRAPHAEL FM\n\n \n\nROBERTS FM\n\nRYAN FM\n\nSCARLETT FM\n\nWALTERS FM\n\nFederal Magistrates\n\nPETER MAY\n\nChief Executive Officer\n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Rules\n\n  These Rules are the Federal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Repeal Rules 2003.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  These Rules commence on 3 November 2003.\n\n3 Federal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Rules 2000 — repeal\n\nStatutory Rules 2000 No. 171 is repealed.\n\nNote\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 October 2003.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1717},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward repeal instrument limited to removing the 2000 Delegation Rules, exactly as described in its title and enabling authority."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","Single legislative action (repeal of one instrument)","No defined terms","No cross-references to substantive legal tests","No conditional logic, exceptions, or thresholds"],"plain_english_summary":"These rules **remove the previous system** that allowed Federal Magistrates to hand certain powers to court registrars (court staff who handle administrative tasks).\n\n**What it does:**\n- Completely scraps the *Federal Magistrates Court (Delegation to Registrars) Rules 2000*\n- This means Federal Magistrates can no longer use those specific rules to delegate their judicial powers to registrars\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The Federal Magistrates Court\n- Court registrars who previously exercised powers under the old rules\n- People involved in cases before the court\n\n**Why it matters:**\nRemoving these rules means certain procedural decisions that registrars could previously make—such as issuing particular orders or handling certain applications—may now need to be made by a Federal Magistrate personally, or the court had to establish a different delegation system under other authority."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003","history":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-magistrates-court-delegation-to-registrars-repeal-rules-2003/documents"}}