{"id":"F2022L00096","name":"Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Family Law Instruments) Certificate 2022","slug":"legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102265,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2022L00096-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n  This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Family Law Instruments) Certificate 2022.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Deferral of sunsetting","content":"#### 4 Deferral of sunsetting\n\n  The following instruments, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2023, are repealed by section 51 of the Legislation Act 2003 on 1 April 2025:\n    (a) Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2008;\n    (b) Family Law Regulations 1984;\n    (c) Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001.\n\n> Note: The Legislation (Family Law Instruments) Sunset‑altering Declaration 2018 declared the sunsetting day of 1 April 2023 for the above instruments. This section, as in force before the commencement of the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Family Law Instruments) Amendment Certificate 2023 provided for the sunsetting of the above instruments to be deferred to 1 April 2024.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of this instrument","content":"#### 5 Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2025.","sortOrder":3}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2124},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the substantive scope, content, or application of the underlying family law regulations. It performs a strictly temporal function—preserving the status quo by deferring automatic repeal for 24 months to prevent a regulatory vacuum during reform processes."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision changing only dates","No defined terms or interpretation sections","Purely administrative machinery with no substantive legal conditions","Minimal cross-references limited to naming the three affected instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This certificate pauses the automatic expiry of three key family law regulation sets—family dispute resolution, general family law procedures, and superannuation‑splitting rules—by extending their “use‑by” date from 1 April 2023 to 1 April 2025. \n\nIt’s a temporary, stop‑gap step to keep mediators, courts, couples and lawyers operating under the existing framework while broader reforms are considered; the certificate self‑repeals the day after the new deadline."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022","history":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/legislation-deferral-of-sunsetting-family-law-instruments-certificate-2022/documents"}}