Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1987 No. 181 of 1987 - SECT 5

5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting "subsection" from the definition of "financial or custodial
proceedings" in subsection (1) and substituting " subsection or under Part
VII";

   (b)  by omitting paragraphs (cb) to (ch) (inclusive) of the definition of

"matrimonial cause" in subsection (1);
(c) by omitting from paragraph (eb) of the definition of "matrimonial cause"
in subsection (1) "(cb), (cc), (cd) or (ce)";
(d) by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "adopted" and

"guardian";

   (e)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions in their
        respective appropriate alphabetical positions (determined on a
        letter-by-letter basis):

" 'child of a marriage' includes a child who is, under subsection 60A (1) or
(2), a child of a marriage, but does not include a child who has, under
subsection 60A (3), ceased to be a child of a marriage;
'income tested pension, allowance or benefit' means a pension, allowance or
benefit prescribed, or included in a class of pensions, allowances or benefits
prescribed, for the purposes of this definition;
'police officer' means:

   (a)  a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or

   (b)  a member, however described, of the police force of a State or
        Territory;
'this Act' includes the regulations and Rules of Court;"; and

   (f)  by omitting subsections (3) and (4).