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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 13J

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia can review registered awards

  (1)   A party to a registered award made in section   13E arbitration or relevant property or financial 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)).

  (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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