Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The appropriate court may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before a court of summary jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975 , exercise the same power to make an order of the kind referred to in Division 1 for the purpose of that proceeding as the appropriate court has under that Division:
(a) if it is the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)--for the purpose of any proceeding before it; or
(b) otherwise--for the purpose of a proceeding before it when it is exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975 .
(2) In this section:
"appropriate court" means:
(a) if the proceeding takes place in a State other than Western Australia, or in a Territory other than the Northern Territory, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands--the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or
(b) if the proceeding takes place in Western Australia, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands--the Family Court of Western Australia; or
(c) if the proceeding takes place in the Northern Territory--the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.