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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 39D

Ceasing jurisdiction of State or Territory courts of summary jurisdiction

  (1)   The Governor - General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and after which a   de   facto   financial cause may not be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified participating jurisdiction.

  (2)   Without limiting the generality of subsection   (1), a Proclamation under that subsection may be expressed to apply only in relation to one or more of the following:

  (a)   proceedings of specified classes;

  (b)   the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a participating jurisdiction;

  (c)   the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction constituted in a specified way.

  (3)   A court of summary jurisdiction must not hear and determine   de   facto   financial causes otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force under subsection   (1).


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