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Family Law (Child Protection Convention) Regulations 2003
11Foreign measures received by Commonwealth central authority
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11 Foreign measures received by Commonwealth central authority
On receiving a document that is a foreign measure, the Commonwealth central authority may: (a) send the document to a State central authority to be dealt with in accordance with the Child Protection Convention (or a comparable law of the State); or (b) send the document to a relevant Registrar of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the Family Court of Western Australia or the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory to be dealt with in accordance with regulation 12.