Family Law Amendment Act 1997
No. 25, 1997
An Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975
Contents
1 Short title..................................1
2 Commencement..............................1
3 Schedule(s).................................1
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Family Law Act 1975 2
Family Law Amendment Act 1997
No. 25, 1997
An Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975
[Assented to 10 April 1997]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Family Law Amendment Act 1997.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Family Law Act 1975
1 At the end of paragraphs 125(1)(a), (b), (ba), (c) and (e)
Add “and”.
2 After paragraph 125(1)(c)
Insert:
(ca) prescribing fees to be payable in respect of the use of the counselling or mediation facilities of the Family Court in situations other than where a court orders or directs a person to attend the counselling or mediation; and
3 At the end of paragraph 125(1)(d)
Add “and fees prescribed under paragraph (ca); and”.
4 Paragraph 125(1)(e)
After “paragraph (c)”, insert “and fees prescribed under paragraph (ca)”.
(111/96)
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 11 September 1996
Senate on 9 December 1996]