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Summary Courts Jurisdiction - Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007

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This Proclamation removes the power of four specific Sydney local (summary jurisdiction) courts to hear disputes under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 from 23 April 2007. Parents and carers in Sydney who would have used those courts must start or transfer child‑support assessment cases in another court (for example the Family Court, Federal Circuit Court, or a different NSW Local Court).

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Summary Courts Jurisdiction — Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 99 (3) of the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.

Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 12 April 2007

P. M. JEFFERY
Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK

Attorney‑General

1 Name of Proclamation

This Proclamation is the Summary Courts Jurisdiction — Child Support (Assessment) Proclamation 2007.

2 Commencement

This Proclamation commences on 23 April 2007.

3 Jurisdictional restriction

On and after 23 April 2007, proceedings in relation to matters arising under the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 may not be instituted in, or transferred to, the following courts of summary jurisdiction located in the State of New South Wales.

Court of summary jurisdiction	Location
Central Local Court	98 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Downing Centre Local Court	Levels 4 and 5, Downing Centre143–147 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Local Court Newtown	222 Australia Street, Newtown
Local Court North Sydney	94 Pacific Highway, North Sydney

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