--- title: "FCFCOA AI practice direction" url: "https://ailawframework.com/courts/fcfcoa-ai-practice-direction" type: "court_ai_note" site: "AI Law Framework" instrument: "Practice direction on the use of artificial intelligence" effective: "Confirm on the direction" --- # FCFCOA AI practice direction > Family and migration files in the Federal Circuit and Family Court follow that Court’s practice direction, not the Federal Court’s GPN-AI and not a state Supreme Court note. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/courts/fcfcoa-ai-practice-direction Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt Family and migration files in the Federal Circuit and Family Court follow that Court’s practice direction, not the Federal Court’s GPN-AI and not a state Supreme Court note. The direction, as read for this site on 22 September 2026, adds a safety principle: do not use a tool in a way that could expose a protected address, medical information or a child. It also restricts putting subpoenaed, discovery and suppressed material into a tool unless the closed-environment conditions in the direction are met. An upload of that material into a public tool is treated as a possible criminal or safety problem, not only a privacy issue. The lawyer decides whether any document may be processed, and in what environment. ## Effective date **Confirm on the direction** Issued 29 May 2026. Paragraph 1.1 says the direction applies to all proceedings in Division 1 and Division 2. Read the direction. Practice direction on the use of artificial intelligence ## Disclosure checklist Work through this against the instrument, not instead of it. - Open the FCFCOA practice direction before any document is filed or any file is uploaded. - Read the confidentiality and safety parts before upload. Mark subpoena, discovery and suppression material as not cleared by default. - Do not paste a protected address, a child’s identity, or medical information into a public tool. - Use a tool on family or migration documents only where the direction’s closed-environment conditions are met, and record why. - Keep affidavits in the witness’s own words. Verify citations in a source you trust. - Do not apply GPN-AI or a state note as if it were this Court’s rule. ## Sources - [FCFCOA practice direction: use of artificial intelligence](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/pd/pd-ai) - [FCFCOA practice directions index](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/resources/practice-directions) - [Law Society of New South Wales: court protocols on AI (index current as at 14 May 2026)](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/AI-hub/court-protocols-ai) ## Questions **Which court does this practice direction bind?** The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. It is a different instrument from the Federal Court’s GPN-AI. **What is the disclosure and safety check?** Before upload, clear the document against the direction’s confidentiality and safety rules. Protected addresses, medical information, information about a child, and subpoenaed, discovery or suppressed material stay out of a public tool unless the direction’s closed-environment conditions are met. **Where is the effective date?** Read the commencement line on the Court’s practice direction. This page does not invent a date the public page did not yield when it was checked. ## Every Australian court page - [AI practice note: Federal Court of Australia](https://ailawframework.com/courts/ai-practice-note-federal-court-of-australia.md) - [FCFCOA AI practice direction](https://ailawframework.com/courts/fcfcoa-ai-practice-direction.md) - [Fair Work Commission AI guidance note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/fair-work-commission-ai-guidance-note.md) - [Administrative Review Tribunal generative AI practice direction](https://ailawframework.com/courts/administrative-review-tribunal-generative-ai.md) - [SC Gen 23: generative AI in the NSW Supreme Court](https://ailawframework.com/courts/sc-gen-generative-ai-nsw-supreme-court.md) - [NSW Local Court generative AI practice note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/nsw-local-court-generative-ai.md) - [NSW District Court generative AI note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/nsw-district-court-generative-ai.md) - [NSW Land and Environment Court generative AI note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/nsw-land-and-environment-court-generative-ai.md) - [NCAT generative AI directions](https://ailawframework.com/courts/ncat-generative-ai.md) - [Personal Injury Commission generative AI note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/nsw-personal-injury-commission-generative-ai.md) - [SC Gen 25: Victoria AI practice note](https://ailawframework.com/courts/sc-gen-victoria-ai-practice-note.md) - [County Court of Victoria AI guidelines](https://ailawframework.com/courts/county-court-victoria-ai.md) - [VCAT and generative AI](https://ailawframework.com/courts/vcat-ai.md) - [Queensland courts AI practice direction](https://ailawframework.com/courts/queensland-courts-ai-practice-direction.md) - [Queensland District Court AI accuracy direction](https://ailawframework.com/courts/queensland-district-court-ai.md) - [QCAT AI accuracy direction](https://ailawframework.com/courts/qcat-ai-practice-direction.md) - [Queensland Planning and Environment Court and Land Court AI directions](https://ailawframework.com/courts/queensland-land-and-environment-courts-ai.md) - [WA Supreme Court generative AI guidelines](https://ailawframework.com/courts/wa-supreme-court-generative-ai-guidelines.md) - [South Australia courts generative AI guidelines](https://ailawframework.com/courts/south-australia-courts-generative-ai-guidelines.md) - [SAET generative AI guidelines](https://ailawframework.com/courts/saet-generative-ai.md) - [Tasmania court AI practice notes](https://ailawframework.com/courts/tasmania-court-ai.md) - [ACT court AI practice notes](https://ailawframework.com/courts/act-court-ai.md) - [Northern Territory court AI practice notes](https://ailawframework.com/courts/northern-territory-court-ai.md) - [High Court of Australia and generative AI](https://ailawframework.com/courts/high-court-of-australia-ai.md) *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*