12GLTransfer of certain proceedings to Family Court

#### 12GL Transfer of certain proceedings to Family Court (1) Subject to subsection (2), if: (a) a civil proceeding is pending in the Federal Court; and (b) a matter for determination in the proceeding arises under this Division; the Federal Court may, on the application of a party to the proceeding or of its own motion, transfer the proceeding to the Family Court. (2) A proceeding that is pending in the Federal Court at the commencement of this section must not be transferred to the Family Court unless the parties to the proceeding consent to the transfer. (3) Subject to subsection (4), if a proceeding is transferred to the Family Court: (a) the Family Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the proceeding; and (b) the Family Court also has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters not otherwise within its jurisdiction (whether under paragraph (a) or otherwise): (i) that are associated with matters arising in the proceeding; or (ii) that, apart from subsection 32(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976, the Federal Court would have had jurisdiction to hear and determine in the proceeding; and (c) the Family Court may, in and in relation to the proceeding: (i) grant such remedies; and (ii) make orders of such kinds; and (iii) issue, and direct the issue of, writs of such kinds; as the Federal Court could have in and in relation to the proceeding; and (d) remedies, orders and writs granted, made or issued by the Family Court in and in relation to the proceeding have effect, and may be enforced by the Family Court, as if they had been granted, made or issued by the Federal Court; and (e) appeals lie from judgments of the Family Court given in and in relation to the proceeding as if the judgments were judgments of the Federal Court constituted by a single Judge of that Court, and do not otherwise lie; and (f) subject to paragraphs (a) to (e) (inclusive), this Division, the regulations, the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976, the Rules of Court made under that Act, and other laws of the Commonwealth, apply in and in relation to the proceeding as if: (i) a reference to the Federal Court (other than in the expression the Court or a Judge) included a reference to the Family Court; and (ii) a reference to a Judge of the Federal Court (other than in the expression the Court or a Judge) included a reference to a Family Court Judge; and (iii) a reference to the expression the Court or a Judge when used in relation to the Federal Court included a reference to a Family Court Judge sitting in Chambers; and (iv) a reference to a Registrar of the Federal Court included a reference to a Registrar of the Family Court; and (v) any other necessary changes were made. (4) If any difficulty arises in the application of paragraphs (3)(c), (d) and (f) in or in relation to a particular proceeding, the Family Court may, on the application of a party to the proceeding or of its own motion, give such directions, and make such orders, as it considers appropriate to resolve the difficulty. (5) An appeal does not lie from a decision of the Federal Court in relation to the transfer of a proceeding under this Division to the Family Court.