EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 242
FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT RULES 2007 (No. 2)
Issued by the authority of the Judges of the Family Court of Australia
Section 123 of the Family Law Act 1975 (the Act) provides that the Judges of the Family Court of Australia, or a majority of them, may make Rules of Court providing for the practice and procedure to be followed in the Family Court and other courts exercising jurisdiction under the Act.
Section 123(2) of the Act provides that sections 48, 48A, 48B, 49 and 50 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to the Rules of Court as if reference in those sections to regulations were references to Rules of Court.
The major change introduced by the amendment to the Rules removes the requirement from the Rules to file a section 60I(7) certificate (or affidavit in support of exemption) with an application in a case that is filed after I July 2007.