40Limitations on jurisdiction of Family Court and of State and Territory Supreme Courts

40 Limitations on jurisdiction of Family Court and of State and Territory Supreme Courts

2 Subsections 40(1) and (2)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) The regulations may provide that, from a date specified in the regulations (not being a date before the regulations are registered under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003), the jurisdiction of the Family Court under this Act in relation to all proceedings, or a specified class of proceedings, must not be exercised in a specified State or Territory, or in 2 or more specified States and Territories.

3 Subsection 40(5)

Omit “subsections (2) and (3)”, substitute “subsection (3)”.

4 Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to the exercise of jurisdiction after the commencement of this Schedule (even if the proceedings in which the jurisdiction is exercised were initiated before that commencement).