Section 124A — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

(1) The regulations may make provision for, and in relation to, the following matters:

(a) giving effect to an international agreement that relates to maintenance obligations arising from family relationship, parentage or marriage;

(b) maintenance obligations arising from family relationship, parentage or marriage, where:

(i) the maintenance is claimed by or on behalf of a person who is in a reciprocating jurisdiction; or

(ii) the person from whom the maintenance is claimed is in a reciprocating jurisdiction.

(2) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may:

(a) confer jurisdiction on a federal court (other than the High Court) or a court of a Territory; or

(b) invest a court of a State with federal jurisdiction.

(4) In this section:

international agreement means an agreement whose parties are:

(a) Australia and a foreign country; or

(b) Australia and 2 or more foreign countries.

reciprocating jurisdiction means:

(a) a foreign country; or

(b) a part of a foreign country;

that is prescribed by the regulations to be a reciprocating jurisdiction for the purposes of this section.

Related sections

• s 123 — Rules of Court—standard Rules of Court
• s 123A — Rules of Court—Family Courts of a State
• s 124 — Rules Advisory Committee
• s 125 — Regulations

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