PROCLAMATION
Commonwealth of By His Excellency the
Australia Governor-General of
ZELMAN COWEN the Commonwealth of
Governor-General Australia
IN pursuance of sub-section 40 (2) of the Family Law
Act 1975, I, Sir Zelman Cowen, the Governor-General
of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby fix
1 March 1979 as the date on and after which the
jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia under
that Act may be exercised in the Northern Territory
in respect of:
(a) appeals from judgments of the Family Court,
constituted otherwise than as a Full Court, in
the exercise of jurisdiction otherwise than under
that Act;
(b) matrimonial causes instituted or continued
under that Act;
(c) proceedings instituted or continued under the
Marriage Act 1961, other than proceedings
under Part VII of that last-mentioned Act;
(d) matters in which jurisdiction is conferred on
the Family Court by a law made by the
Parliament;
(e) special cases stated under sub-section 94A(1)
of the Family Law Act 1975; and
(f) appeals under sub-section 96 (1) of that last-
mentioned Act.
GIVEN under my Hand and the Great
(L.S.) Seal of Australia on 28 February 1979.
By His Excellency’s Command,
P. DURACK
Attorney-General
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!