Family Court Amendment Act 1991 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

FAMILY COURT ENDMENT

ACT 1991

No. 24 of 1991

AN ACT to amend the Family Court Act 1975.

[Assented to 28 October 1991]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Short title

1.    This Act may be cited as the Family Court Amendment Act 1991.

Commencement

2.    This Act shall come into operation on such day as is fixed by

proclamation.

No. 24] Family Court Amendment Act 1991

Principal Act

3. In this Act, the Family Court Act 1975* is referred to as the

principal Act.

(*Reprinted as at 1 March 1988.

For subsequent amendments, see 1990 Index to Legislation of

Western Australia, p. 54.)

Section 11 amended

4.    Section 11 (3) (a) of the principal Act is amended by deleting "65

years" and substituting the following-

" 70 years

Section 12 amended

5.    Section 12 (1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting "65

years" and substituting the following-

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" 70 years