Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (ORDERS OF REGISTRARS) ACT 1997 No. 148 of 1997 - SECT 9

(1) A court may vary, revoke, set aside, revive or suspend a right or
liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 5 as if it were a right or
liability conferred, imposed or affected by an order made by the Family Court
of Western Australia in the exercise of its federal family jurisdiction in or
in relation to the proceedings for the order.

(2) In addition to its powers under subsection (1), a court also has power to
make an order achieving any other result that could have been achieved if:

   (a)  the ineffective order had been an order made by the Family Court of
        Western Australia in the exercise of its federal family jurisdiction
        in or in relation to the proceedings for the order; and

   (b)  the court had been considering whether to vary, revoke, set aside,
        revive or suspend that order.

(3) This section has effect in relation to an ineffective order of the kind
referred to in subsection 4(3) subject to the same conditions and limitations
as apply under the Family Law Act 1975 in relation to provisions of registered
parenting plans having effect as orders. Note: See, for example, the
conditions and limitations specified in sections 63F and 63G of the
Family Law Act 1975.