Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Family Law Amendment Act 1983 No. 72 of 1983 - SECT 16

16. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and
substituting the following sub-section:

''(1) Jurisdiction is conferred on the Family Court with respect to-

   (a)  matters arising under this Act or under the repealed Act in respect of
        which matrimonial causes are instituted or continued under this Act;

   (b)  matters arising under the Marriage Act 1961 in respect of which
        proceedings (other than proceedings under Part VII of that Act) are
        instituted or continued under that Act;

   (c)  matters arising under a law of a Territory concerning-

        (i)    the adoption of children;

        (ii)   the guardianship, custody or maintenance of children;

        (iii)  payments of a kind referred to in section 109;

        (iv)   the property of the parties to a marriage or either of them,
               being matters arising between those parties other than matters
               referred to in the definition of 'matrimonial cause' in
               sub-section 4 (1); or

        (v)    the rights and status of a person who is an ex-nuptial child,
               and the relationship of such a person to his parents; and

   (d)  matters (other than matters referred to in any of the preceding
        paragraphs) with respect to which proceedings may be instituted in the
        Family Court under this Act or any other Act.''.