FEDERAL MAGISTRATES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1999 NO. 194, 1999 - SCHEDULE 14 - Amendment of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994
FEDERAL MAGISTRATES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1999 NO. 194, 1999 - SCHEDULE 14
- Amendment of the Foreign Evidence Act 19941 Division 2 of Part 2 (heading)
2 Before section 10
Child support or family law matters
- (1)
- The Family Court of Australia may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before the Federal Magistrates Court in a child support or family law matter, exercise the same power to make an order of the kind referred to in Division 1 as the Family Court of Australia has under that Division for the purpose of a proceeding in the Family Court of Australia.
Matters other than child support or family law matters
- (2)
- The Federal Court of Australia may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before the Federal Magistrates Court in a matter other than a child support or family law matter, exercise the same power to make an order of the kind referred to in Division 1 as the Federal Court of Australia has under that Division for the purpose of a proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia.
Definition
- (3)
- In this section:
- child support or family law matter means:
- (a)
- a matter arising under the Family Law Act 1975 or regulations under that Act; or
- (b)
- a matter arising under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 or regulations under that Act; or
- (c)
- a matter arising under the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 or regulations under that Act.
- Note: The heading to section 10 is altered by adding at the end " inferior courts ".
3 Subsection 12(1)
4 Paragraph 12(2)(a)
5 Subsection 15(1)
6 Subsection 16(1)
7 Section 17
8 Section 46