Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA (ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION AND EXERCISE OF POWERS) ACT 1988 No. 8 of 1988 - SECT 12

12. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (2AA) "Subject to subsection (2AE), the"
        and substituting "The";
(b) by inserting in subsection (2AA) ", the Deputy Chief Judge" after "Chief
Judge";

   (c)  by omitting from subsection (2AC) "5" and substituting "6";

   (d)  by omitting subsections (2AD) and (2AE);

   (e)  by inserting in subsection (2AF) "or the Deputy Chief Judge" after

"Chief Judge"; and

   (f)  by inserting after subsection (2AF) the following subsection: "(2AFA)
        Where a person holding office as a Senior Judge or Judge of the Court
        is appointed Deputy Chief Judge or a Judge Administrator, the person
        retains that office as Senior Judge or Judge, as the case may be, and
        may resign the office of Deputy Chief Judge or Judge Administrator
        without resigning that firstmentioned office.".