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COMMONWEALTH POWERS (FAMILY LAW-CHILDREN) AMENDMENT BILL 1996
[Act 1996 No 60]
N e w S o u t h Wales
Commonwealth Powers (Family
Law--Children) Amendment Bill 1996
Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
Overview of Bill
The object of this Bill is to amend the Commonwealth Powers (Family
Law--Children) Act 1986:
(a)
to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament the matter of the
determination of a child's parentage for the purposes of the law of the
Commonwealth, and
(b)
to refer to the Commonwealth Parliament certain matters relating to
maintenance that are presently excluded from the reference of
maintenance matters in section 3
of the Act, and
(c)
to ensure that certain matters relating to the custody, guardianship, care
and control of children that would otherwise not be referred to the
Commonwealth Parliament by the Act are referred if there is written
consent from the Minister administering a provision set out in
Schedule 1 to the Act or, in certain cases, his or her delegate, and
(d)
to require references in the Act to a provision specified in Schedule 1
to be read as a reference to the provision as amended from time to time
or, if the provision is replaced, to the provision which replaces it, and
(e)
to make other minor consequential amendments.
Commonwealth Powers (Family Law--Children) Amendment Bill 1996 [Act 1996 No 60]
Explanatory note
Outline of provisions
Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day or
days to be appointed by proclamation.
Clause 3 is a formal provision giving effect to the amendments to the
Commonwealth Powers (Family Law-Children) Act 1986 set out in
Schedule 1.
Schedule 1 makes the amendments described above.
Explanatory note page 2
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