EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
FAMILY LAW ACT 1975
Family Law Regulations (Amendment)
(Statutory Rules 1988 No. 44)
Subsection 125(1) of the Act empowers the Governor-General to make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
The amending regulations allow a court fee paid in respect of an application for dissolution or nullity of a marriage to be refunded to the latter applicant where more than one court fee has been paid in respect of one proceeding.
The amending regulations also allow for refund of a court fee paid in respect of an application for dissolution or nullity of a marriage, or in respect of an appeal, where the applicant or appellant as the case may be has been granted legal aid subsequent to the payment of the court fee.
(Authorised by the
Attorney-General)