Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 90WA

  (1)   None of the following is subject to any duty or charge under any law of a State or Territory or any law of the Commonwealth that applies only in relation to a Territory:

  (a)   a deed or other instrument executed by a person for the purposes of, or in accordance with, an order made under Division   2;

  (b)   a Part   VIIIAB financial agreement;

  (c)   a Part   VIIIAB termination agreement;

  (d)   a deed or other instrument executed by a person for the purposes of, or in accordance with, an order or Part   VIIIAB financial agreement made under Division   4.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to a liability to pay duty or charge (if any) in relation to a Part   VIIIAB financial agreement covered by section   90UE if the liability arises before the transition time (within the meaning of that section) for the agreement.

  (3)   Despite any State law, a failure to discharge a liability covered by subsection   (2) in relation to an agreement has no effect for the purposes of this Act. In particular, the failure does not affect whether the agreement may be presented in evidence in a court for the purposes of this Act.