6Effect of declared rights and liabilities

6 Effect of declared rights and liabilities

(1) A right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by section 5:

(a) is exercisable or enforceable; and

(b) is to be regarded as always having been exercisable or enforceable;

as if it were a right or liability conferred, imposed or affected by an order made by the Family Court of Western Australia, in the exercise of its federal family jurisdiction, in or in relation to the proceedings for the order. (2) Subsection (1) has effect in relation to an ineffective order of the kind referred to in subsection 4(3) subject to the same conditions and limitations as apply under the Family Law Act 1975 in relation to provisions of registered parenting plans having effect as orders.

Note: See, for example, the conditions and limitations specified in sections 63F and 63G of the Family Law Act 1975.

(3) In this section:

enforceable includes able to be dealt with by proceedings under Division 2 of Part XIIIA of the Family Law Act 1975 relating to a contravention of an order.