Family Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998 (Cth)

Family Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998

No. 89, 1998

Family Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998

No. 89, 1998

An Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975

Contents 1 Short title..................................1 2 Commencement..............................1 3 Schedule(s).................................2

Schedule 1—Family Law Act 1975 3

Family Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998

No. 89, 1998

An Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975

[Assented to 14 July 1998]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Family Law Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Family Law Act 1975

1 Paragraphs 39(5)(d) and (6)(d) Omit "111A, 111B or 111C", substitute "111A or 111B".

2 At the end of subsection 40(8) Add "or in relation to jurisdiction conferred on a federal court or a court of a Territory, or invested in a court of a State, by regulations made for the purposes of section 111C".

3 At the end of Part X Add:

96A Part does not apply to section 111C jurisdiction

This Part does not apply in relation to jurisdiction conferred on a federal court or a court of a Territory, or invested in a court of a State, by regulations made for the purposes of section 111C.

Note: Those regulations may provide for courts to have jurisdiction in respect of appeals arising from matters dealt with by those regulations: see subsection 111C(5).

4 At the end of section 111C Add:

(3) The regulations may make such provision as is necessary to give effect to any bilateral agreement or arrangement on the adoption of children made between: (a) Australia, or a State or Territory of Australia; and (b) a prescribed overseas jurisdiction.