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FAMILY LAW RULES (AMENDMENT) 1998 NO. 117

STATUTORY RULES 1998 No. 117

Issued by the authority of the Judges of the Family Court of Australia

AMENDMENT OF THE FAMILY LAW RULES

Section 123 of the Family Law Act 1975 provides that the Judges of the Family Court of Australia, or a majority of them, may make Rules of Court providing for the practice and procedure to be followed in the Family Court and other courts exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act.

Section 123(2) of the Family Law Act provides that Sections 48, 48A, 48B, 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to the Rules of Court as if references in those sections to regulations were references to Rules of Court.

The present Family Law Rules came into operation on 2 January 1985. They have been regularly reviewed and amended since that date.

DETAILS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENTS

These amendments to the rules implement an increase of 4.5% in solicitors' and counsels' fees in the second schedule to the rules as recommended by the Federal Costs Advisory Committee. Each increase has been rounded to the nearest 5 cents. This is intended to assist calculations and taxation of bills.