{"id":"sl-2025-12","name":"Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025","slug":"personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"12 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173573,"registerId":"act-sl-2025-12-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nPersonal Violence (Transitional\nProvisions) Regulation 2025\nSL2025-12\nmade under the\nPersonal Violence Act 2016\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 9 July 2025\nRepublication date: 9 July 2025\nRegulation not amended\n(republication for commenced provision)\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 Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025, made\nunder the Personal Violence Act 2016 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act\n2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 9 July 2025. It also includes any\ncommencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 9 July 2025.\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 changes\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\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR2\n09/07/25\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nPersonal Violence (Transitional\nProvisions) Regulation 2025\nmade under the\nPersonal Violence Act 2016\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Modification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2) 2\n4 Modification of Act, pt 24—Act, s 221 (2) 2\n5 Expiry 2\nSchedule 1 Modification of Act—pt 23 3\nSchedule 2 Modification of Act—pt 24 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\nR2\n09/07/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 5\n2 Abbreviation key 5\n3 Legislation history 6\n4 Amendment history 6\n5 Earlier republications 7\n\nR2\n09/07/25\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nPersonal Violence (Transitional\nProvisions) Regulation 2025\nmade under the\nPersonal Violence Act 2016\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\nR2\n09/07/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025.\n3 Modification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2)\nThe Act, part 23 is modified by schedule 1.\n4 Modification of Act, pt 24—Act, s 221 (2)\nThe Act, part 24 is modified by schedule 2.\n5 Expiry\n(1) This regulation expires on the day the Act, part 24 expires.\n(2) However, section 3, schedule 1 and this subsection expire on the day\nthe Act, part 23 expires.\n\nModification of Act—pt 23 Schedule 1\nModification [1.1]\nR2\n09/07/25\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Modification of Act—pt 23\n(see s 3)\n[1.1] New section 215 (3A)\ninsert\n(3A) A protection order made against a child respondent is revoked on the\ncommencement day.\n\nSchedule 2 Modification of Act—pt 24\nModification [2.1]\npage 4 Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\nR2\n09/07/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 2 Modification of Act—pt 24\n(see s 4)\n[2.1] Section 220, definition of child respondent, paragraph (b)\nomit\nfamily violence order\nsubstitute\nprotection order\n[2.2] New section 225 (3A)\ninsert\n(3A) A protection order made against a child respondent is revoked on the\ncommencement day.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR2\n09/07/25\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\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 Personal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\nR2\n09/07/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2025\nSL2025-12\nnotified LR 8 July 2025\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 22 November 2023 (LA s 75 (2))\ns 3, sch 1 taken to have commenced 22 November 2023 (s 2 (1) and\nsee Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment\nAct 2023 A2023-45 s 2 (1))\ns 4, sch 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2025 (s 2 (2) and see\nJustice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment\nAct 2023 A2023-45 s 2 (3))\ns 5 commenced 9 July 2025 (LA s 73 (2) (a))\nNote Regulation exp 1 July 2030 (s 5 (1) and see Personal Violence\nAct 2016 A2016-43 s 222)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nModification of Act, pt 23—Act, s 211 (2)\ns 3 exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))\nExpiry\ns 5 (2) exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))\nModification of Act—pt 23\nsch 1 exp 22 November 2028 (s 5 (2))\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR2\n09/07/25\nPersonal Violence (Transitional Provisions)\nRegulation 2025\nEffective: 09/07/25\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n8 July 2025\n22 Nov 2023–\n8 July 2025\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2025","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation narrows the set of active orders for child respondents by providing that protection orders made against child respondents are revoked on the relevant commencement day (Schedule 1: new s 215(3A); Schedule 2: new s 225(3A)) and by replacing 'family violence order' with 'protection order' in the child‑respondent definition (Schedule 2 [2.1], amending s 220). These are transitional, time‑limited changes that expire under the regulation’s expiry rules (s 5; amendment history shows expiry dates)."},"complexity_factors":["Automatic revocation of protection orders made against child respondents introduced by new subsections (Schedule 1: new s 215(3A); Schedule 2: new s 225(3A)), creating immediate legal effect on commencement.","Terminology change in the definition of 'child respondent' (Schedule 2 [2.1] — substitution in s 220) which requires re‑reading of existing provisions and records.","Staggered commencement dates for different parts (legislation history: sch 1 and s 3 taken to have commenced 22 Nov 2023; sch 2 and s 4 taken to have commenced 1 July 2025), increasing timing complexity for administrators and parties.","Time‑limited, transitional nature with explicit expiry rules (s 5; amendment history shows expiries for sch 1 and s 3 on 22 Nov 2028 and overall regulation expiry 1 July 2030), requiring post‑expiry roll‑forward or record reconciliation.","Modifications are made by schedules that operate as amendments to the principal Act (s 3 and s 4), so users must cross‑reference the Personal Violence Act 2016 to see full effect.","Administrative burden on courts, enforcement agencies and litigants to identify which existing orders are revoked and which remain in force on particular dates (implicit from automatic revocation provisions).","Reference to penalty unit values at republication (penalty unit values noted in republication preface) that affect any offences under the law and require attention to indexed amounts."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation makes short-term changes to how protection orders affect children under the Personal Violence Act 2016. It automatically revokes protection orders made against child respondents on the relevant commencement days, replaces a reference to “family violence order” with “protection order” in the child‑respondent definition, and sets expiry dates for the transitional provisions. The measures alter which orders remain enforceable and therefore affect courts, protected persons and respondents."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: providing transitional arrangements for protection orders as the ACT raises the age of criminal responsibility. It has not expanded beyond this narrow technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document—only 5 sections plus 2 short schedules","Only 3 substantive modifications: 2 insertions of identical revocation clauses and 1 terminology substitution","Heavy reliance on external context (the Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Act 2023 and the Personal Violence Act 2016) without reproducing that context","Simple conditional logic—expiry dates tied to commencement of other legislative provisions","No nested exceptions or complex defined terms within the regulation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation makes short-term amendments to the ACT’s Personal Violence Act to align with raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. On commencement, protection orders made against anyone under 14 are automatically cancelled, and a terminology error is corrected (replacing “family violence order” with “protection order”).\n\nIt affects children under 14 with existing orders and the courts, preventing legal limbo as the reform takes effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025","history":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/personal-violence-transitional-provisions-regulation-2025/documents"}}