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Corporations Act 1989
61ARules of the Family Court
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#### 61A Rules of the Family Court
(1) The power to make rules of court conferred by section 123 of the Family Law Act 1975 extends to making rules of court, not inconsistent with the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory:
(a) with respect to proceedings, and the practice and procedure, of the Family Court under that Law; and
(b) with respect to any matter or thing that is:
(i) required or permitted by that Law to be prescribed by rules within the meaning of that Law; or
(ii) necessary or convenient to be prescribed by such rules for carrying out or giving effect to that Law; and
(c) without limitation, with respect to costs, and with respect to rules about meetings ordered by the Family Court.
(2) When the Family Court is exercising jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under the Corporations Law of the Northern Territory, being jurisdiction conferred by a law of the Northern Territory that corresponds to this Division, that Court must apply the rules of court made under subsection (1), with such alterations as are necessary.
(3) When a State Family Court of a State is exercising jurisdiction with respect to matters arising under the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory, being jurisdiction conferred by this Division, that Court must apply the rules of court made under the law of the State corresponding to subsection (1), with such alterations as are necessary.
(4) In this section:
> Corporations Law of a State does not include rules of court.
> Corporations Law of the Capital Territory does not include rules of court.