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FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 2021 (NO. 12, 2021) - SECT 66

Formal defects not to invalidate

             (1)  Proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) are not invalidated by a formal defect or an irregularity, unless the Court is of the opinion that:

                     (a)  substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity; and

                     (b)  the injustice cannot be remedied by an order of the Court.

             (2)  The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) or a Judge may, on such conditions (if any) as the Court or Judge thinks fit, make an order declaring that the proceeding is not invalid:

                     (a)  by reason of a defect that it or the Judge considers to be formal; or

                     (b)  by reason of an irregularity.



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