Family Law Act 1975
PROCLAMATION OF DAY RELATING TO CERTAIN MATTERS IN
COURTS OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of
Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under
subsections 39 (7) and (7A) of the Family Law Act 1975:
(a) declare that the Proclamation made on 9 December 1992 under subsection
39 (7) of that Act is revoked on and from 1 December 1996; and
(b) fix 1 December 1996 as the date on and after which matrimonial causes,
and other proceedings, referred to in subsection 39 (6) of that Act may not
be instituted in or transferred to a court of summary jurisdiction in the
Perth metropolitan region (being the region described in the Third Schedule
to the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959 of Western
Australia), other than the court located at 150 Terrace Road, Perth.
Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 6 November 1996.
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
DARYL WILLIAMS
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice