Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia can review registered awards
(1) A party to a registered award made in family law arbitration may apply for review of the award, on questions of law, by: (a) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia; or (b) a single judge of the Family Court of a State. Note: There may be Rules of Court providing for when, and how, an application for review of the award can be made (see paragraph 123(1)(sf) and section 123A). (2) On a review of an award under this section, the judge or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia may: (a) determine all questions of law arising in relation to the arbitration; and (b) make such decrees as the judge or Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia thinks appropriate, including a decree affirming, reversing or varying the award.
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