Family Court Act 1997
6The *Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003* s. 50(2) and (3) read as follows:
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6 The Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 s. 50(2) and (3) read as follows:
(2) In subsection (3) —
relevant action means anything done under the Family Court Act 1997 —
(a) after the commencement of the Family Court Amendment Act 2002; but
(b) before the commencement of this section.
(3) It is declared that by force of this section —
(a) any relevant action is and has always been as valid and effective as it would have been; and
(b) the rights and liabilities of all persons are and have always been the same as they would have been,
if subsection (1) had come into operation on the day on which the Family Court Amendment Act 2002 came into operation.
7 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 95 (to amend s. 243(6)) was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(2).
8 The Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006 s. 21, 30, 35, 41, 48, 51, 57, 61, 68(3), 70(3), 77(3), 99, 103 and 107 read as follows:
- Transitional provision
The Family Court Act 1997, as amended by this Division, applies in relation to proceedings instituted in a court (within the meaning of that Act section 8) before, on or after the commencement of this Division.
- Transitional provisions
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Family Court Act 1997 as amended by this Division, applies in relation to financial agreements (within the meaning of that Act section 205T) made at any time, whether before, on or after the commencement of this Division.
(2) The Family Court Act 1997 as amended by this Division, does not apply to proceedings that were instituted under that Act before the commencement of this Division.
- Transitional provisions
section 205ZG order means an order (other than an interim or a partial order) made under section 205ZG of the Family Court Act 1997.
(2) Subject to this section, the Family Court Act 1997, as amended by this Division, applies in relation to all de facto relationships to which that Act otherwise applies.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Family Court Act 1997, as amended by this Division, does not apply in relation to a de facto relationship if a section 205ZG order is in force in relation to the relationship at the commencement.
(4) If a section 205ZG order that is in force at the commencement is later set aside under section 205ZH(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the , then the , as amended by this Division, applies in relation to the de facto relationship in relation to which the order was in force, only from the time the order is set aside.