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9The *Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006* Pt. 3 Div. 4 Subdiv. 2 reads as follows:
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9 The *Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006* Pt. 3 Div. 4 Subdiv. 2 reads as follows:
Subdivision 2 — Transitional provisions
127. Interpretation
commencement means the day on which this Division comes into operation.
128. Arbitration awards registered under section 60A or 60B are taken to be registered under section 65P
If —
(a) at any time before commencement, an award in an arbitration had been registered under section 60A or 60B of the *Family Court Act 1997*; and
(b) the award is still registered immediately before commencement,
the registration of the award continues to have effect after commencement as if it had been done under section 65P of that Act.
129. Powers under Part 4C Division 4 of the *Family Court Act 1997* may be exercised in relation to section 60A arbitration and private arbitration
For the purposes of sections 65O, 65P, 65Q and 65R —
(a) a reference to section 65M arbitration includes a reference to section 60A arbitration (within the meaning of the *Family Court Act 1997* as in force immediately before commencement); and
(b) a reference to relevant property or financial arbitration includes a reference to private arbitration of a dispute (within the meaning of the *Family Court Act 1997* as in force immediately before commencement).
130. Request for counselling under section 52
If, at commencement, a notice filed under section 52 of the *Family Court Act 1997* has not been acted on, an appropriate officer of the court in which the notice is filed must arrange for the parties to the proceedings to which the notice relates (and the child and any other persons the officer thinks appropriate) to be interviewed by a family counsellor to assess whether counselling is appropriate in all the circumstances, and, if it is —
(a) to discuss the care, welfare and development of the child; and
(b) if there are differences between the parties in relation to matters affecting the care, welfare and development of the child, to try to resolve those differences.
131. Orders under section 72(2)
If, at commencement, an order under section 72(2) of the *Family Court Act 1997* has not yet been complied with, the order is taken to have been complied with if the parties to which the order relate attend a conference with a family counsellor (within the meaning of the *Family Court Act 1997* as amended by this Division).
132. Reports under section 73
If, at commencement, a family and child counsellor or welfare officer (within the meaning of the *Family Court Act 1997* as in force immediately before commencement) has been directed to give a report under section 73(2) of that Act and has not yet given that report —
(a) the person must still provide the report; and
(b) references in section 73 of that Act (as amended by this Division) to a family consultant are taken to be references to the person who provides the report.
133. Pre‑parenting order counselling for the purposes of section 72
If, before commencement, parties to proceedings attended a conference with a family and child counsellor or a welfare officer to discuss the matter to which the proceedings relate, the attendance at that conference is taken to satisfy the requirement in section 72(2) of the *Family Court Act 1997* (as amended by this Division) to attend a conference with a family counsellor.
134. Supervision etc. of parenting orders
If —
(a) under a court order made before commencement under section 95 of the *Family Court Act 1997*, a person is required to do either or both of the following —
(i) supervise compliance with a parenting order;
(ii) give any party to the parenting order such assistance as is reasonably requested by that party in relation to compliance with, and the carrying out of, the parenting order;
and
(b) immediately after commencement, the person is not a family consultant within the meaning of the *Family Court Act 1997* as amended by this Division,
then the court may make another order substituting a family consultant for the person.
135. Transitional regulations
(1) If this Division does not provide sufficiently for a matter or issue of a transitional nature that arises as a result of the amendments made by this Division, the Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required, necessary or convenient to be prescribed for providing for that matter or issue.
(2) If regulations made under subsection (1) provide that a specified state of affairs is taken to have existed, or not to have existed, on and from a day that is earlier than the day on which the regulations are published in the *Gazette* but not earlier than commencement, the regulations have effect according to their terms.
(3) In subsection (2) —
specified means specified or described in the regulations.
(4) If regulations contain a provision referred to in subsection (2), the provision does not operate so as —
(a) to affect in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) the rights of that person existing before the day of publication; or
(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the day of publication.