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FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 2021 (NO. 12, 2021) - SECT 25

Original jurisdiction

             (1)  The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) has original jurisdiction:

                     (a)  if a matter, being the subject of a family law or child support proceeding, is transferred to the Court by the Court under section 51--as set out in paragraphs 132(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d); or

                     (b)  if a matter, being the subject of a family law or child support proceeding, is transferred to the Court by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) under section 149--as set out in paragraphs 132(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d); or

                     (c)  as is conferred on the Court, or in respect of which proceedings may be instituted in the Court, by any other Act.

             (2)  Subject to such restrictions and conditions (if any) in:

                     (a)  section 111AA of the Family Law Act 1975 ; or

                     (b)  regulations made under that Act; or

                     (c)  the Rules of Court made under this Chapter;

the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) may be exercised in relation to persons or things outside Australia.

Note:          Division 4 of Part XIIIAA of the Family Law Act 1975 (international protection of children) may affect the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1).



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