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#### 11 Orders for taking evidence abroad—family law matters
(1) The appropriate court may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before a court of summary jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975, exercise the same power to make an order of the kind referred to in Division 1 for the purpose of that proceeding as the appropriate court has under that Division:
(a) if it is the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)—for the purpose of any proceeding before it; or
(b) otherwise—for the purpose of a proceeding before it when it is exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975.
(2) In this section:
> appropriate court means:
(a) if the proceeding takes place in a State other than Western Australia, or in a Territory other than the Northern Territory, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands—the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or
(b) if the proceeding takes place in Western Australia, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands—the Family Court of Western Australia; or
(c) if the proceeding takes place in the Northern Territory—the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.