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1996 No. 71 FAMILY LAW REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 19

19. Regulation 24 (Transmission of Australian custody orders to overseas jurisdiction)
19.1 Paragraph 24 (1) (a): Omit "or access to,", substitute "access to or
contact with,".

19.2 Paragraph 24 (1) (b):
Omit "section 68", substitute "Subdivision C of Division 13 of Part VII".

19.3 Paragraph 24 (1) (c):
Omit "rights of custody or access in relation to that", substitute "the right
of custody of, access to or contact with, the".

19.4 Subregulation 24 (2): Omit the subregulation, substitute:

"(2) If a court in a prescribed overseas jurisdiction makes an order under a
law corresponding to section 70J of the Act, a court having jurisdiction under
the Act may treat the order as an overseas child order for the purposes of
exercising jurisdiction under that section.".

19.5 Subregulation 24 (4): Omit "rights of custody or access in relation to",
substitute "the right of custody of, access to or contact with,".

19.6 Add at the end:

"(5) In this regulation, 'custody', in relation to a child, includes:

   (a)  guardianship of the child; and

   (b)  responsibility for long term, or day-to-day, care, welfare and
        development of the child; and

   (c)  responsibility as the person or persons with whom the child is to
        live.". 


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