Family Law Rules (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1994

No. 62 1

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Family Law Rules 2(Amendment)

WE, Judges within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975, make the following Rules of Court under that Act.

Dated 25 February 1994.

 

 ALAN J. BARBLETT

 K. A. MURRAY

 E. R. BAKER

 N. J. BUCKLEY

 ALWYNNE ROWLANDS

 T. E. LINDENMAYER

 J. V. KAY

 T. H. McGOVERN

 GRAHAM R. BELL

 GEOFFREY I. WALSH

 ADRIAN SMITHERS

 R. J. BULLEY

 EDWARD BUTLER

 PETER B. HASE

 RICHARD W. GEE

 D. BULBECK

 M. A. RENAUD

 J. S. PURDY

 RODNEY N. PURVIS

 J. WILCZEK

 W. ROURKE

 H. J. BURTON

 G. R. MULLANE

 P. J. MOSS

 JOHN COHEN

 I. R. COLEMAN

 P. F. A. HILTON

 B. J. WARNICK

 Judges of the Family Court

 of Australia

 

IAN J. LOUGHNAN

Principal Registrar

Family Court of Australia

 I. W. P. McCALL

 ALAN J. BARBLETT

 D. R. ANDERSON

 N. TOLCON

 MICHAEL H. HOLDEN

 

C. E. MARTIN

Judges of the Family Court

of Western Australia[MG1] 

  

Registrar[MG2] 

Family Court of Western Australia

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Rules commence on 4 April 1994.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Family Law Rules are amended as set out in these Rules.

3.   Order 32a, rule 3 (Time for filing an application)

3.1   Paragraph 3 (a):

Omit “21 days”, substitute “one month”.

4.   Order 36a, rule 2 (Delegation of powers to Registrars)

4.1   Paragraph 2 (1) (g):

Omit “proceedings;”, substitute “proceedings, including orders to which subsection 64 (1c) of the Act applies;”.

4.2   Subrule 2 (2):

After paragraph (2) (mb), insert:

• “(mc)

  Order 35, rule 4, in respect of a person arrested on a warrant that a Registrar has power to order;”.

5.   Order 36a, rule 3 (Delegation of powers to Judicial Registrars)

5.1   Add at the end:

“; (zb)

Order 34, rules 3 and 4 and Order 35, rule 4.”.

6.   Order 38, rule 38 (Accounts and taxation)

6.1   After subrule 38 (4), insert:

“(4A)

Nothing in this Order is taken to require a solicitor to serve more than one notice of rights if each account rendered in the course of the proceedings, subsequent to the service of a notice of rights, includes an endorsement drawing attention to the notice of rights.”.

7.   Schedule 1

7.1   Form 44:

Omit “(set out order to be reviewed)” (twice occurring), substitute “(set out order to be reviewed and date of order)”.

6[MG3] .2   Form 55:

Before “Dated this”, insert:

“I *have/*have not notified my client that the matter is next listed before the court on (date) for (action) .”.

6.3   Form 55:

Add at the end:

“* Omit if inapplicable”.

6.4   Form 59:

Omit “(or Deputy Registrar)”, substitute “(or clerk in the Registry)”.

6.5   Form 59:

Omit “Registrar/Deputy Registrar”, substitute “Registrar/Registry clerk”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 March 1994.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 425 as amended by 1985 No. 341; 1986 Nos. 6 and 193; 1987 Nos. 15, 74 and 222; 1988 Nos. 9, 15, 16, 46, 166 and 236; 1989 Nos. 49, 65, 175, 201, 266 and 331; 1990 Nos. 20, 74, 348 and 474; 1991 Nos. 122, 414, 475 and 476; 1992 Nos. 8, 45, 161 and 304; 1993 Nos. 51 and 160; 1994 Nos. 25, 58, 59, 60 and 61.

 [MG1]This should be under the list of names to the right. Incorrect here and in the PDF.

 [MG2]This should be under CE Martin. Incorrect here and in the PDF.

 [MG3]Wrong number order here and in the PDF from this point.