TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title Preamble PART 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. The Act amended PART 2 -- Miscellaneous amendments Division 1 -- Removal of requirements to register parenting plans 4. Section 5 amended 5. Section 74 amended 6. Section 75 replaced 7. Section 76 amended 8. Section 78 replaced 9. Section 78A replaced by sections 78A and 78B 10. Section 79 replaced 11. Section 80 amended 12. Section 81 amended 13. Section 82 amended 14. Section 174 amended 15. Section 205A amended 16. Section 221 amended Division 2 -- Use of audio links, video links, etc. 17. Section 5 amended 18. Heading to Part 8 Division 1 inserted 19. Part 8 Division 2 inserted 20. Section 244 amended 21. Transitional provision Division 3 -- Parenting compliance regime 22. Section 95A inserted 23. Section 102 amended 24. Section 205A amended 25. Section 205G amended 26. Section 205H amended 27. Section 205K replaced 28. Section 205L amended Division 4 -- Setting aside financial agreements 29. Section 205ZV amended 30. Transitional provisions Division 5 -- Other amendments relating to financial agreements 31. Section 205ZR amended 32. Section 205ZS amended 33. Section 205ZU amended Division 6 -- Orders and injunctions binding third parties 34. Division 2A inserted in Part 5A Subdivision 1 -- Introductory Subdivision 2 -- Orders under section 205ZG Subdivision 3 -- Orders or injunctions under section 235A Subdivision 4 -- Other matters 35. Transitional provisions Division 7 -- Amendments about Magistrates Courts 36. Section 43 amended 37. Section 209A inserted 38. Sections 210A, 210AA and 210AB inserted 39. Section 211 amended 40. Sections 211A and 211B inserted 41. Transitional provision Division 8 -- Amendments relating to the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 42. Section 5 amended and consequential amendment 43. Section 205ZH amended 44. Sections 205ZHA, 205ZHB, 205ZHC and 205ZHD inserted 45. Sections 205ZX, 205ZY, 205ZZ and 205ZZA inserted in Part 5A Division 3 Division 9 -- Other amendments Subdivision 1 -- Parenting compliance regime 46. Section 91 amended 47. Part 5 Division 13 Subdivision 1A inserted 48. Transitional provisions Subdivision 2 -- Costs and offers of settlement 49. Section 237 amended 50. Section 240 replaced 51. Savings provision Subdivision 3 -- Suspension of sentences of imprisonment 52. Section 205Q amended 53. Section 226 amended 54. Section 227 amended Subdivision 4 -- Enforcement (removal of information procedure) 55. Section 205P amended 56. Section 230 amended 57. Savings provision Subdivision 5 -- Private arbitration 58. Section 60B amended Subdivision 6 -- Change of venue 59. Section 46A inserted Subdivision 7 -- Definition of disposition 60. Section 222 amended 61. Savings provision Subdivision 8 -- Recovery of amounts paid under maintenance orders 62. Part 5 Division 7 Subdivision 7 inserted Subdivision 9 -- Other miscellaneous amendments 63. Section 5 amended 64. Section 55 amended 65. Section 57 amended 66. Section 59 amended 67. Section 61 amended 68. Section 64 amended and transitional provision 69. Section 169 amended 70. Section 205J amended and transitional provision 71. Section 205H amended 72. Section 205ZB amended 73. Section 212 amended 74. Section 222 amended 75. Section 222A amended 76. Section 226 amended 77. Section 237 amended and transitional provision 78. Section 238 amended 79. Section 243 amended PART 3 -- Amendments about shared parental responsibilities Division 1 -- Amendments about shared parental responsibilities 80. Section 5 amended 81. Heading inserted in PART 5 Division 1 Subdivision 1 -- Objects and principles 82. Section 66 replaced 83. Subdivisions 2 and 3 inserted in Part 5 Division 1 Subdivision 2 -- Best interests of the child Subdivision 3 -- Family dispute resolution 84. Sections 70A and 70B inserted 85. Section 71A inserted 86. Section 73 amended 87. Section 76 amended 88. Section 78A replaced 89. Section 79 amended 90. Section 84 amended 91. Section 85A inserted 92. Section 86 amended 93. Section 86A replaced 94. Section 89 amended 95. Sections 89AA, 89AB, 89AC and 89AD inserted 96. Section 90 repealed 97. Section 92 amended 98. Section 237A inserted 99. Transitional provisions Division 2 -- Amendments about compliance regime 100. Section 89 amended 101. Part 5 Division 13 replaced Subdivision 1 -- Preliminary Subdivision 2 -- Court’s power to vary parenting order Subdivision 3 -- Contravention alleged but not established Subdivision 4 -- Contravention established but reasonable excuse for contravention Subdivision 5 -- Contravention without reasonable excuse (less serious contravention) Subdivision 6 -- Contravention without reasonable excuse (more serious contravention) 102. Section 237 amended 103. Transitional provisions Division 3 -- Amendments about the conduct of child-related proceedings 104. Section 5 amended 105. Part 5 Division 11A inserted Subdivision 1 -- Proceedings to which this Division applies Subdivision 2 -- Principles for conducting child-related proceedings Subdivision 3 -- Duties and powers related to giving effect to the principles Subdivision 4 -- Matters relating to evidence 106. Section 214 repealed 107. Transitional provision Division 4 -- Amendments about changes to dispute resolution Subdivision 1 -- Amendments 108. Section 5 amended 109. Section 25 amended 110. Section 33 amended 111. Section 33A inserted 112. Part 2 Division 4 replaced 113. Section 40 amended 114. Section 46 amended 115. Part 4 replaced by PARTs 4, 4A, 4B and 4C PART 4 -- Non-court based family services Division 1 -- Family counselling Division 2 -- Family dispute resolution Division 3 -- Arbitration Division 4 -- Court’s role in relation to arbitration of disputes 116. Heading to Part 5 Division 3 replaced 117. Section 72 replaced 118. Section 73 amended 119. Section 91 amended 120. Section 95 amended 121. Section 95A amended 122. Section 95B inserted 123. Section 160 amended 124. Section 217 amended 125. Section 244 amended 126. Section 245 amended 127. Interpretation 128. Arbitration awards registered under section 60A or 60B are taken to be registered under section 65P 129. Powers under Part 4C Division 4 of the Family Court Act 1997 may be exercised in relation to section 60A arbitration and private arbitration 130. Request for counselling under section 52 131. Orders under section 72(2) 132. Reports under section 73 133. Pre-parenting order counselling for the purposes of section 72 134. Supervision etc. of parenting orders 135. Transitional regulations Division 5 -- Amendments about representation of child’s interests by independent children’s lawyer 136. Section 5 amended 137. Part 5 Division 9 replaced 138. Section 195 amended 139. Section 201 amended 140. Section 237 amended 141. Transitional provisions Division 6 -- Amendments about family violence 142. Part 5 Division 10 replaced and consequential amendment 143. Transitional provisions Division 7 -- Amendments about removal of references to “residence” and “contact” 144. Section 5 amended 145. Section 71 amended 146. Section 76 amended 147. Section 80 amended 148. Section 92 amended 149. Section 94 amended 150. Heading to Part 5 Division 6 Subdivision 3 replaced 151. Section 96 amended 152. Sections 97 and 98 replaced by sections 97, 98 and 98A 153. Section 99 amended 154. Section 106 amended 155. Section 107 amended 156. Section 108 amended 157. Section 109 amended 158. Section 110 amended 159. Section 144 amended 160. Section 149 amended 161. Section 152 amended 162. Section 198 amended 163. Section 199 amended 164. Section 205ZH amended 165. Section 205ZV amended 166. Section 206 amended 167. Section 209 amended 168. Section 235 amended 169. Section 238 amended Division 8 -- Amendments about the relocation of defined terms used in Part 5 of the Family Court Act 1997 170. Section 5 amended 171. Sections 6 and 7 replaced by sections 6, 7 and 7A 172. Section 33 amended 173. Section 100 amended 174. Section 134 repealed 175. Section 142 repealed 176. Section 203 repealed 177. Section 220A amended 178. Section 5 amended 179. Section 7B inserted 180. Section 45 amended 181. Section 205T amended 182. Section 205W amended 183. Section 205ZC amended 184. Section 205ZCA inserted 185. Section 205ZD amended 186. Section 205ZG amended 187. Section 205ZH amended 188. Sections 205ZHE, 205ZHF, 205ZHG and 205ZHH inserted 189. Section 205ZI amended 190. Section 205ZL amended and transitional provision 191. Section 205ZP amended 192. Section 205ZPA inserted 193. Section 222 amended 194. Section 235A amended 195. Transitional provisions PART 5 -- Child Support (Adoption of Laws) Act 1990 196. Purpose of Part 197. The Act amended 198. Section 3 amended 199. Section 4 amended PART 6 -- Consequential amendments to other Acts Division 1 -- Children and Community Services Act 2004 amended 200. The Act amended 201. Section 104 amended 202. Section 198 amended 203. Section 238 amended Division 2 -- Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 amended 204. The Act amended 205. Section 45 amended Division 3 -- Restraining Orders Act 1997 amended 206. The Act amended 207. Section 5 amended 208. Section 62 amended[Assented to 4 July 2006]