Family Law (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Regulations 1981 (Cth)

Family Law (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Regulations 1981

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 59 as amended

made under the

Family Law Act 1975

This compilation was prepared on 3 July 2002

taking into account amendments up to SR 2002 No. 163

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,

Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra

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    1Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

 These Regulations are the Family Law (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Regulations 1981.

2Interpretation

 In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

appoint includes re-appoint.

Board, Director, Institute and member have the same meaning as in Part XIVA of the Act.

meeting means a meeting of the Board.

Presiding Member means the Presiding Member of the Board appointed under subregulation 3 (1).

the Act means the Family Law Act 1975.

3Presiding member

• (1)

  The Minister may appoint a member to be the Presiding Member of theBoard.

• (2)

  The Presiding Member shall hold office as Presiding Member only while he continues to be a member.

• (3)

  The Presiding Member may resign his office of Presiding Member by writing under his hand delivered to the Minister.

• (4)

  The Minister may appoint a person to act in the office of the Presiding Member during any period, or during all periods, when the holder of the office is absent from duty or from Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the duties of the office.

• (5)

  Anything done by or in relation to a person purporting to act under subregulation (4) is not invalid because:

  • (a)

    the occasion for the appointment had not arisen; or

  • (b)

    there was a defect or irregularity in connection with the appointment; or

  • (c)

    the occasion for the person to act had not arisen or had ceased; or

  • (d)

    the appointment had ceased to have effect.

4Meetings of the Board

• (1)

  The Presiding Member shall convene such meetings as are necessary for the performance of the functions of the Board.

• (3)

  The Presiding Member shall preside at all meetings at which he is present.

• (5)

  At a meeting the member presiding and 2 other members constitute a quorum.

• (6)

  A question arising at a meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting.

• (7)

  Each member present at a meeting has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding at that meeting also has a casting vote.

• (8)

  The Board shall keep minutes of the proceedings at its meetings.

• (9)

  Subject to this regulation, the Board may regulate the conduct of proceedings at its meetings as it thinks fit.

5Annual report

• (1)

  The Board shall, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, prepare and submit to the Minister a report of the operations of the Institute during the year that ended on that 30 June.

• (2)

  The Minister shall cause a copy of a report furnished to him under subregulation (1) to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt by the Minister.

6Contracts

 For paragraph 114MC (b) of the Act, the amount is $400 000.

Notes to the Family Law (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Regulations 1981

Note 1

The Family Law (Australian Institute of Family Studies) Regulations 1981 (in force under the Family Law Act 1975) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1981 No. 59 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Statutory Rules

Year and number	Date of notification in Gazette	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
1981 No. 59	9 Apr 1981	9 Apr 1981
1990 No. 67	27 Feb 1990	27 Feb 1990	—
2002 No. 163	3 July 2002	3 July 2002	—

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted  am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
R. 1..........................................	am. 1990 No. 67
rs. 2002 No. 163
Rr. 3–5....................................	am. 1990 No. 67
R. 6..........................................	ad. 2002 No. 163