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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975 - SECT 69

Transmission of Australian custody orders to overseas country.
69. (1) Where an order made by a court in Australia with respect to the
custody of, or access to, a child who has not attained the age of 18 years may
be enforced in a prescribed overseas country under provisions corresponding to
the provisions of section 68, the Registrar of the court shall, if so
requested in writing by a person having rights of custody or access in
relation to the child under the order, send to an appropriate court or
authority in that country such documents and information as are necessary for
securing the enforcement of the order in the overseas country.

(2) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the transmission
to a prescribed overseas country of copies of, and documents relating to, an
order made by a court in Australia with respect to custody of, or access to, a
child who is the subject of an overseas custody order. 


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