Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FAMILY LAW REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 14

                For the purposes of the definition of prescribed overseas jurisdiction in subsection 4 (1) of the Act:

                (a)    each country or part of a country, set out in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1A is declared to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of:

                          (i)    subsection 4 (1) of the Act, in relation to the definition of overseas child order ; and

                         (ii)    sections 70M and 70N of the Act; and

               (b)    each country, or part of a country, set out in Schedule 2 as a reciprocating jurisdiction is declared to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of:

                          (i)    subsection 4 (1) of the Act, in relation to the definition of overseas maintenance agreement ; and

                         (ii)    paragraph 89 (b) of the Act.