{"id":"F2007L00917","name":"Summary Courts Jurisdiction - Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007","slug":"summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":64729,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00917-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Summary Courts Jurisdiction - Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSummary Courts Jurisdiction — Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007\n\nChild Support (Assessment) Act 1989\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 99 (3) of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.\n\nSigned and sealed with the  \nGreat Seal of Australia  \non 12 April 2007\n\nP. M. JEFFERY  \nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nPHILIP RUDDOCK\n\nAttorney‑General\n\n1 Name of Proclamation\n\nThis Proclamation is the Summary Courts Jurisdiction — Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Proclamation commences on 23 April 2007.\n\n3 Jurisdictional restriction\n\nOn and after 23 April 2007, proceedings in relation to matters arising under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 may not be instituted in, or transferred to, the following courts of summary jurisdiction located in the State of New South Wales.\n\n| Court of summary jurisdiction | Location                                                       |\n| ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Central Local Court           | 98 Liverpool Street, Sydney                                    |\n| Downing Centre Local Court    | Levels 4 and 5, Downing Centre143–147 Liverpool Street, Sydney |\n| Local Court Newtown           | 222 Australia Street, Newtown                                  |\n| Local Court North Sydney      | 94 Pacific Highway, North Sydney                               |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2095},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains precisely targeted at its original purpose: removing jurisdiction from four specific NSW local courts for child support matters. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (Section 3) containing a straightforward prohibition","No definitions section or interpretive rules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or administrative procedures","Affects only four specifically named court locations"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation removes the power of four specific Sydney local (summary jurisdiction) courts to hear disputes under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 from 23 April 2007. Parents and carers in Sydney who would have used those courts must start or transfer child‑support assessment cases in another court (for example the Family Court, Federal Circuit Court, or a different NSW Local Court)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007","history":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/summary-courts-jurisdiction-child-support-assessment-proclamation-2007/documents"}}