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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Family Law Amendment Bill 1999
No. , 1999
(Attorney-General)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975 and other Acts, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Sanctions for failure to comply with orders and other obligations 3
Family Law Act 1975 3
Schedule 2—Financial agreements 30
Family Law Act 1975 30
Schedule 3—Other amendments 38
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 38
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 39
Family Law Act 1975 39
A Bill for an Act to amend the Family Law Act 1975 and other Acts, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Family Law Amendment Act 1999 .
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences 28 days after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Item 41 of Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 26 of the Family Court of Australia (Additional Jurisdiction and Exercise of Powers) Act 1988 .
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.