Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT (ASSESSMENT) ACT 1989 No. 124 of 1989 - SECT 99

99. (1) Jurisdiction is conferred on the Family Court and, subject to
subsection (7), the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, and each Family
Court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction in relation to matters
arising under this Act.

(2) Subject to subsections (5) and (7), each court of summary jurisdiction of
each State is invested with federal jurisdiction, and jurisdiction is
conferred on each court of summary jurisdiction of each Territory, in relation
to matters arising under this Act.

(3) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and
after which proceedings in relation to matters arising under this Act may not
be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a
specified State or Territory.

(4) A Proclamation under subsection (3) may be expressed to apply only in
relation to:

   (a)  proceedings of specified classes; or

   (b)  the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to,
        a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a State or
        Territory.

(5) A court of summary jurisdiction must not hear or determine proceedings
under this Act otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force
under subsection (3).

(6) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that a Proclamation
under subsection (3) is revoked on and from a specified day and, on and from
the specified day, this Act (including subsection (3)) has effect as if the
revoked Proclamation had not been made, but without prejudice to the effect of
the revoked Proclamation before the specified day.

(7) Jurisdiction in relation to a matter arising under this Act in relation to
which a proceeding is instituted under this Act is not conferred on a court of
a Territory unless at least one of the parties to the proceeding (other than
the Registrar) is, on the day on which the proceeding is instituted in or
transferred to that court, ordinarily resident in the Territory.

(8) The jurisdiction conferred on or invested in a court by this section
includes jurisdiction in relation to matters arising under this Act in
relation to which proceedings are transferred to that court under another law
of the Commonwealth.

(9) The jurisdiction conferred on or invested in a court by this section is in
addition to any jurisdiction conferred on or invested in the court apart from
this section.