Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ORDERS OF REGISTRARS) ACT 1997 No. 148 of 1997 - SECT 12

(1) Subject to subsection (3), jurisdiction is conferred on the Family Court
and the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, and the Family Court of
Western Australia is invested with federal jurisdiction, with respect to
matters arising under this Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), 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, with respect to matters
arising under this Act.

(3) A court only has jurisdiction in respect of a matter arising under this
Act if it has jurisdiction in respect of an equivalent matter arising under
the Family Law Act 1975, the Child Support  (Registration and Collection) Act
1988 or the Child Support  (Assessment) Act 1989 , as the case requires. The
court's jurisdiction under this Act is subject to the same conditions and
limitations as would apply to it in dealing with the equivalent matter.

[Minister's second reading speech made in-
House of Representatives on 28 May 1997
Senate on 30 September 1997]