3Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) In these Regulations:

Act means the Family Law Act 1975.

Bureau means the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

Commonwealth measure means a Commonwealth personal protection measure or a Commonwealth property protection measure.

document that is a foreign measure includes a document that, for a purpose of the Child Protection Convention, states the details of a foreign measure.

protection measure means a measure of protection within the meaning of the Child Protection Convention.

recognised foreign measure means a foreign measure that, under regulation 12, has been registered in a court in Australia.

relevant Registrar of a court means:

(a) in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)—the following:
(i) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar (within the meaning of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021);
(ii) a Senior Registrar or Registrar of that court; or
(b) in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)—the following:
(i) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar (within the meaning of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021);
(ii) a Senior Registrar or Registrar of that court; or
(c) in relation to any other court—the principal officer of the court or any other appropriate officer or staff member of the court.

special medical treatment, in relation to a child, means medical treatment that a parent of the child does not, under Commonwealth law, or the law in force in a State in which the child is present, have authority to consent to.

State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.

State central authority has the meaning given by regulation 7.

State court means a court exercising jurisdiction under a law mentioned in Schedule 2.

State measure means a protection measure taken by an authority of a State.

(2) A word or expression defined for Division 4 of Part XIIIAA of the Act has the same meaning when used in these Regulations as it has for that Division.

Note 1: Words and expressions to which subregulation (2) apply include: