10The *Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006* s. 141 and 143 read as follows:

10 The *Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006* s. 141 and 143 read as follows: 141. Transitional provisions new provision means section 164 of the *Family Court Act 1997* as in force after commencement; old provision means section 171 of the *Family Court Act 1997* as in force immediately before commencement. (2) The amendments effected by this Division apply to proceedings initiated under Part 5 of the *Family Court Act 1997* before, on or after commencement. (a) a court made an order under the old provision for separate representation of a child; and (b) immediately before commencement, the proceedings in which the order was made have not been concluded, then — (c) the person who was appointed as the child’s representative under the old provision is taken to be appointed as the independent children’s lawyer under the new provision; and (d) the order under the old provision for separate representation of the child is taken to be an order under the new provision for independent representation of the child’s interests. 143. Transitional provisions commencement means the day on which this Division comes into operation. (2) The amendments effected by this Division — (a) apply to orders made after commencement; and (b) do not apply to orders made before commencement. 11 The *Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006* Pt. 4 will not come into operation because it was deleted by the *Family Court Amendment Act 2022* s. 34. Defined terms *[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]* **Defined term Provision(s)** Aboriginal child 5(1) Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander culture 5(1) abuse 5(1) adopted 5(1) adviser 66HC(1), 78A(5) affected person 205K(1) alleged contravention 5(1) alleged offender 5(1) applicant 117(1), 219AZD(1), 219AZJ(1) application for a confiscation declaration 5(1) appropriate court official 219AY(1) arbitration 5(1), 56(1) arbitrator 5(1) arrestee 243A(1), 243B(1) arrester 243A(1), 243B(1) arresting person 5(1) audio link 5(1) Australian court or tribunal 219AY(1) bankrupt 5(1) Bankruptcy Act 5(1) bankruptcy trustee 5(1) birth 5(1) captain 5(1) carer 109(1), 110(1) case guardian 5(1) CEO 5(1) Chief Judge 5(1) Chief Justice 209A child 5(1), 202J(5), 205T, 214A(3) child bearing expenses 5(1) childbirth maintenance period 5(1) child maintenance order 5(1), 84(5) child maintenance provisions 5(1), 76(5) child-related order 5(1), 205G(2) child-related proceedings 5(1), 202H(6) Child Support (Assessment) Act 5(1) Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 5(1) child welfare law 5(1) child welfare officer 5(1) child welfare provisions 5(1) commencement Sch. 2 cl. 11(1) and 12(1) commencement day 219AJ(1), Sch. 2 cl. 1, 13(1) and 14(1) Commissioner of Police 5(1) Commonwealth or State instrumentality 238(3) communicate 5(1), 236A(1) communication 49(7), 53(8) complainant 205Q(1) confiscation declaration 5(1) contravene 5(1) contravene an order 233A contravenes 205C(1) and (2) conveyance 5(1) Court 5(1) court 5(1), 43(1), 43A(1), 161(5), 191(3), 230(1) courtroom 219AE(7) creditor 205ZV(6) criminal confiscation order 5(1) dealt with 205ZM debtor party 205ZCA(6), 205ZG(16) debtor subject to a personal insolvency agreement 5(1), 7B declaration time 205ZPB(7) decree 209A delegated power 33(1) department 5(1) designated family report 5(1), 65AB(1) Director 25(7) Director of Court Counselling 5(1) disposition 222(5) DPP 5(1) dwelling house 5(1) education 5(1) examined 217(4) examining party 219AK(1), 219AL(1) excluded child order 33(4A) excluded rules of evidence 202H(6) exposed 5(1), 9A(3) family consultant 5(1), 61 family counselling 5(1), 47 family counsellor 5(1), 48 Family Court judge 5(1) Family Court of Western Australia 5(1) family dispute resolution 5(1), 51 family dispute resolution practitioner 5(1), 52 Family Law Act 5(1) family law magistrate 5(1) family law practice and procedure provisions 5(1), 211C(4) family member 9A(1) family report writer 5(1), 65AA family violence 5(1), 9A(1) family violence order 5(1) Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia 5(1) final parenting order 5(1) financial agreement 205T financial matters 205T first order 128(1) first party 219AZA(1) and (2), 219AZB(1) first person 5(1), 6, 109(1), 110(1) former financial agreement 205T government body 205ZV(6) harmful proceedings order 219AY(1), 219AZB(1) holding period 205SB(4), 236(6) income tested pension, allowance or benefit 5(1), 205T independent children’s lawyer 5(1) information 219AM information about a child’s location 5(1) information sharing agency 5(1), 162C information sharing safeguards 5(1), 162I(1) institute 219AY(1) interest 222(5) interested person 159(1A), 162A(1), 205ZV(6) interests 5(1) judge 5(1), 19, 209A legal experience 11(3a) location order 5(1) made in favour 5(1) maintenance order 223, 233A maintenance provider 132A(1) major long-term issues 5(1), 7A(1) make-up time parenting order 205H(1) medical expenses 5(1) medical practitioner 5(1) member of the family 5(1) metropolitan region 5(1) news publisher 219AM non-publication order 219AM notifier 162H(3) offence 232(1) official 147(8) old Act Sch. 2 cl. 11(1), 12(1) and 14(1) order 5(1) order under this Act 223 original agreement 128A(1) parent 5(1) parentage testing order 5(1), 195(1) parentage testing procedure 5(1) parental responsibility 5(1), 68 parenting order 5(1), 84 parenting order to which this Subdivision applies 106(1) parenting plan 5(1), 76(1) Part 5A proceedings 5(1) Part 5 Order 5(1) Part 5 proceedings 108(1), 108A(1), 110(1) party 219AM pending 5(1) periodic provisions 81(4) personal insolvency agreement 5(1) plan 79(1), 82(1) post-separation parenting program 5(1) premises 243B(1) prescribed form 159(1A), 162A(1) principal officer 5(1) proceedings 5(1), 219AY(1) proceedings for a parenting order 95A(3) proceedings of a particular type 219AY(1) professional 50(1), 54(1), 62(1) professional ethics 5(1) property 5(1), 205ZLD(2), 220A(5) property settlement proceedings 5(1) protected material 5(1) Protected material 162F(3) protected person 236(1) public 5(1), 236A(2) publish 219AM purported order 132A(1) reasonable excuse 5(1), 205D(1) and (3) recovery order 5(1) registered parenting plan 5(1) registrar 5(1), 158, 220A(5) Registry Manager 5(1) regulator 5(1), 65AC(2) relative 5(1) relevant order 233A relevant property or financial arbitration 5(1) remote person 219AG repealed Act Sch. 2 cl. 1 representation 202J(5) respondent 117(1), 205A(1), 205G(1), 225(2), 236(1) revocation agreement 79(2) second person 6 section 65M arbitration 5(1) Sentencing Act 229(1) specified day 219AJ(1) standard application period 205ZB(1) State child order 5(1) State entity 5(1) State information order 5(1) step-parent 5(1) subsequent order 128(8) suppression order 219AM termination agreement 205ZU(1) third party 205ZLB Torres Strait Islander child 5(1) trustee 5(1) use 162I(3) vested bankruptcy property 5(1) vexatious proceedings 219AY(1) vexatious proceedings order 219AY(1) video link 5(1) witness party 219AK(1), 219AL(1) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). 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