Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975 - SECT 32

32. (1) A power or function exercisable under the Marriage Act 1961-1973 by a
Judge or magistrate as defined in sub-section 5 (1) of that Act shall be
exercisable by any Judge of the Family Court who is appointed by the
Attorney-General to be a person authorized to exercise that power or function,
and that Act applies in relation to the exercise of a power or function in
accordance with this section as if references in that Act to a Judge or
magistrate included references to a Judge of the Family Court so appointed.

(2) A request may not be made under section 17 of the Marriage Act 1961-1973
for a re-hearing of an application that has been dealt with by a Judge of the
Family Court.

(3) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that a power or
function referred to in sub-section (1) is exercisable in accordance with this
section to the exclusion, in whole or in part as specified in the
Proclamation, of the exercise of that power or function by Judges or
magistrates as defined in sub-section 5 (1) of the Marriage Act 1961-1973.