Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT (SHARED PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) ACT 2006 - NOTES

Act No. 46 of 2006 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 19 July 2008

[This Act was amended by Act No. 8 of 2007 (as amended by No. 73 of 2008); No. 73 of 2008]

Amendments from Act No. 8 of 2007 (as amended by No. 73 of 2008)

[Schedule 2 (item 8) repealed and substituted items 38 and 39 of Schedule 8
Schedule 2 (item 8) of No. 8 of 2007 (as am. by No. 73 of 2008, Sch. 2 [item 26]) repeals and substitutes the heading to item 39 of Schedule 8
Schedule 2 (item 9) repealed items 1 and 3 of Schedule 9

Schedule 2 (items 8 and 9) commenced immediately after 1 July 2006
Schedule 2 (item 26) of No. 73 of 2008 commenced immediately after item 8 of Schedule 2]

Amendments from Act No. 73 of 2008

[Schedule 2 (item 19) amended subsection 2(1)
Schedule 2 (item 20) repealed and substituted heading before item 2 of Schedule 8

Schedule 2 (items 19 and 20) commenced on 15 March 2007]

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1--Shared parental responsibility

Part 1--Amendments

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendments

Schedule 2--Compliance regime

Part 1--Amendments

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendments and savings

Schedule 3--Amendments relating to the conduct of child-related proceedings

Part 1--Amendments

Evidence Act 1995

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendments

Schedule 4--Changes to dispute resolution

Part 1--Changes to approval of organisations

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Protection of names

Family Law Act 1975

Part 3--Changes to dispute resolution

Family Law Act 1975

Federal Magistrates Act 1999

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

Marriage Act 1961

Part 4--Transitional matters relating to family counselling and family dispute resolution

Part 5--Application and transitional provisions relating to other changes to dispute resolution

Schedule 5--Representation of child's interests by independent children's lawyer

Part 1--Amendments

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendments and saving of appointments

Schedule 6--Family violence

Part 1--Amendments

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendments and savings

Schedule 7--Jurisdiction of courts

Part 1--Amendment

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Application of amendment

Schedule 8--Removal of references to residence and contact

Part 1--Amendments

Australian Citizenship Act 1948

Australian Passports Act 2005

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

Family Law Act 1975

Migration Act 1958

Part 2--Savings

Schedule 9--Relocation of defined terms used in Part VII

Part 1--Amendments

Australian Passports Act 2005

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

Family Law Act 1975

Part 2--Savings

Schedule 10--Orders of non-judicial officers of State courts of summary jurisdiction

Family Law Act 1975

[Assented to 22 May 2006]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: