FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1977
No.
102 of 1977
An Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975 to fix
a maximum age for Judges of the Family Court of Australia and for related
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the
Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as
follows:
Short
title, &c.
1. (1)
This Act may be cited as the Family Law Amendment Act 1977.
(2) The Family
Law Act 1975 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
Commencement
2. This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Appointment,
removal and resignation of Judges
3.
Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (3).
4. After
section 23 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Maximum
age for Judges
“23a. For the purposes of section 72 of the
Constitution, the age of 65 years is fixed as the maximum age for Judges.”.
Exercise
of jurisdiction
5.