Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205ZF

205ZF .         Specifications in orders of payments etc. for de facto maintenance purposes — FLA s. 77A

        (1)         Where —

            (a)         a court makes an order under this Act (whether or not the order is made in proceedings in relation to the maintenance of a de facto partner, is made by consent or varies an earlier order), and the order has the effect of requiring —

                  (i)         payment of a lump sum, whether in one amount or by instalments; or

                  (ii)         the transfer or settlement of property;

                and

            (b)         the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the payment, transfer or settlement is to make provision for the maintenance of a de facto partner,

                the court must —

            (c)         express the order to be an order to which this section applies; and

            (d)         specify the portion of the payment, or the value of the portion of the property, attributable to the provision of maintenance for the partner.

        (2)         Where —

            (a)         a court makes an order of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a); and

            (b)         the order —

                  (i)         is not expressed to be an order to which this section applies; or

                  (ii)         is expressed to be an order to which this section applies, but does not comply with subsection (1)(d),

                any payment, transfer or settlement of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(a), that the order has the effect of requiring, is to be taken not to make provision for the maintenance of a de facto partner to the relevant de facto relationship.

        [Section 205ZF inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47.]