Family Law Act 1975
PROCLAMATION OF DAY RELATING TO PROCEEDINGS 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 69J (3) and (6) of the Family Law Act 1975:
(a) revoke the Proclamation made on 9 June 1993 under subsection 63 (3) of
that Act (as continued in force by Schedule 2 to the Family Law Reform
Act 1995) on and from 1 December 1996; and
(b) fix 1 December 1996 as the date on and after which proceedings in relation
to matters arising under Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975, other than in
connection with proceedings referred to in section 68T 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