Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 60 FAMILY LAW RULES (AMENDMENT) - REG 52

  52.1   Omit the rule, substitute:
Registration of maintenance agreements under section 86 of the Act

"1. (1) For the purposes of subsection 86 (1) of the Act, a party to a
maintenance agreement may register the agreement in a court having
jurisdiction under the Act by filing:

   (a)  the original of the agreement; and

   (b)  2 copies of the agreement.

"(2) Each copy of the agreement must be certified as a true copy by:

   (a)  a solicitor; or

   (b)  the parties to the agreement.

"(3) If the court registers a maintenance agreement under subsection 86 (1) of
the Act, the Registrar must, as soon as practicable after the date of
registration, give each party to the agreement a sealed copy of the agreement
endorsed with a certificate, signed by the Registrar, that specifies:

   (a)  the court in which the agreement was registered; and

   (b)  the date on which the agreement was registered.".