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Family Law Act 1975 s 69ZF(1) - Proclamation (09/12/1998)

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The Governor‑General, under s 69ZF(1) of the Family Law Act 1975, proclaimed on 9 December 1998 that the Act’s child welfare provisions in Part VII apply in Victoria from the proclamation’s gazettal. This brings Victorian courts, agencies, practitioners and families under the Commonwealth child‑welfare rules, creating legal uniformity but imposing administrative adjustments and compliance costs on public bodies and private parties as the new regime is implemented.

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Family Law Act 1975

proclamation

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 69ZF (1) of the Family Law Act 1975, declare that all the child welfare law provisions of Part VII of that Act extend to Victoria on and from the date of the gazettal of this Proclamation.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 9 December 1998

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Daryl Williams

Attorney General

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