Family Law Act 1975 s 40(2) - Proclamation (28/02/1979)

PROCLAMATION

Commonwealth of By His Excellency the

Australia Governor-General of

ZELMAN COWEN the Commonwealth of

Governor-General Australia

IN pursuance of sub-section 40 (2) of the Family Law

Act 1975, I, Sir Zelman Cowen, the Governor-General

of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the

advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby fix

1 March 1979 as the date on and after which the

jurisdiction of the Family Court of Australia under

that Act may be exercised in the Northern Territory

in respect of:

(a) appeals from judgments of the Family Court,

constituted otherwise than as a Full Court, in

the exercise of jurisdiction otherwise than under

that Act;

(b) matrimonial causes instituted or continued

under that Act;

(c) proceedings instituted or continued under the

Marriage Act 1961, other than proceedings

under Part VII of that last-mentioned Act;

(d) matters in which jurisdiction is conferred on

the Family Court by a law made by the

Parliament;

(e) special cases stated under sub-section 94A(1)

of the Family Law Act 1975; and

(f) appeals under sub-section 96 (1) of that last-

mentioned Act.

GIVEN under my Hand and the Great

(L.S.) Seal of Australia on 28 February 1979.

By His Excellency’s Command,

P. DURACK

Attorney-General

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!