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FAMILY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 (NO. 35 OF 2006)


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]



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