sec.103Conversion of currency

### sec.103 Conversion of currency For the purposes of this part, an overseas order (including a provisional order), or a certificate or notice originating in a reciprocating country, that refers to an amount of money (including an amount of arrears) expressed in the currency of a reciprocating country shall be deemed to refer to the amount that was the equivalent amount in Australian currency on the prescribed date on the basis of the telegraphic transfer rate of exchange that prevailed on that date. For the purposes of this section, a certificate signed by the chief executive or the collector, or the collector for another Australian State, and purporting to be based on information obtained by the chief executive or collector from a financial institution, that a specified amount in Australian currency was, on a specified date, the equivalent of a specified amount in another currency on the basis of the telegraphic transfer rate of exchange prevailing on that date is evidence of the matter stated in the certificate. Where a certificate in accordance with subsection (2) has been filed in a court in Queensland in relation to an order, certificate, or notice, every copy of that order, certificate, or notice served on any person shall be accompanied by a copy of the firstmentioned certificate. Where, under section 69 , the collector is required to remit an amount of money to a country outside the Commonwealth, the collector shall remit such amount in the currency of that country as the collector is able to remit by the expenditure of that firstmentioned amount. In this section— the prescribed date means— in relation to a maintenance order registered under this part or a certificate with respect to the arrears payable under a maintenance order sought to be so registered—the day upon which the order is registered; or in relation to a provisional order confirmed under this part—the day upon which the order is confirmed; or in relation to an order or notice referred to in section 102 (1) —the day upon which the certified copy of the order or the notice is filed in a court in accordance with that subsection. s 103 amd 1990 No. 80 s 3 sch 6 ; 1997 No. 17 s 74 sch (sec.103-ssec.1) For the purposes of this part, an overseas order (including a provisional order), or a certificate or notice originating in a reciprocating country, that refers to an amount of money (including an amount of arrears) expressed in the currency of a reciprocating country shall be deemed to refer to the amount that was the equivalent amount in Australian currency on the prescribed date on the basis of the telegraphic transfer rate of exchange that prevailed on that date. (sec.103-ssec.2) For the purposes of this section, a certificate signed by the chief executive or the collector, or the collector for another Australian State, and purporting to be based on information obtained by the chief executive or collector from a financial institution, that a specified amount in Australian currency was, on a specified date, the equivalent of a specified amount in another currency on the basis of the telegraphic transfer rate of exchange prevailing on that date is evidence of the matter stated in the certificate. (sec.103-ssec.3) Where a certificate in accordance with subsection (2) has been filed in a court in Queensland in relation to an order, certificate, or notice, every copy of that order, certificate, or notice served on any person shall be accompanied by a copy of the firstmentioned certificate. (sec.103-ssec.4) Where, under section 69 , the collector is required to remit an amount of money to a country outside the Commonwealth, the collector shall remit such amount in the currency of that country as the collector is able to remit by the expenditure of that firstmentioned amount. (sec.103-ssec.5) In this section— the prescribed date means— in relation to a maintenance order registered under this part or a certificate with respect to the arrears payable under a maintenance order sought to be so registered—the day upon which the order is registered; or in relation to a provisional order confirmed under this part—the day upon which the order is confirmed; or in relation to an order or notice referred to in section 102 (1) —the day upon which the certified copy of the order or the notice is filed in a court in accordance with that subsection. - (a) in relation to a maintenance order registered under this part or a certificate with respect to the arrears payable under a maintenance order sought to be so registered—the day upon which the order is registered; or - (b) in relation to a provisional order confirmed under this part—the day upon which the order is confirmed; or - (c) in relation to an order or notice referred to in section 102 (1) —the day upon which the certified copy of the order or the notice is filed in a court in accordance with that subsection.