Section 39D — Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

(1) The Governor‑General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and after which a de facto financial cause may not be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified participating jurisdiction.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a Proclamation under that subsection may be expressed to apply only in relation to one or more of the following:

(a) proceedings of specified classes;

(b) the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a participating jurisdiction;

(c) the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction constituted in a specified way.

(3) A court of summary jurisdiction must not hear and determine de facto financial causes otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force under subsection (1).

Related sections

• s 39A — Instituting proceedings
• s 39B — Jurisdiction in de facto financial causes
• s 39C — Ceasing jurisdiction of Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia
• s 39E — Revoking Proclamations ceasing jurisdiction of State or Territory courts
• s 39F — Territory court does not have jurisdiction unless a party is ordinarily resident in the Territory
• s 39G — Jurisdiction in relation to transferred matters under other Commonwealth laws

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