Statutory Rules 1995   No. 4001

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Family Law Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Family Law Act 1975.

Dated 12 December 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

M. LAVARCH

Attorney-General

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Family Law Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 48 (Convention countries)

2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute;

Convention countries

 “48. For the purposes of this Part, each of the following countries is a convention country:

 (a) a country specified in Schedule 4;

 (b) any other country in respect of which the Convention has entered into force for Australia.”.

3.   Schedule 2 (Reciprocating jurisdictions)

3.1   After:

 “Cyprus”,

insert:

 “Czech Republic”.

4.   Schedule 4 (Convention countries)

4.1   Omit:

“Czechoslovakia

German Federal Republic

Upper Volta

Yugoslavia”.

4.2   Insert the following countries in the Schedule according to  alphabetical order determined on a letter by letter basis:

“Bosnia and Herzegovina

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Germany

Ireland

Mexico

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Uruguay”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1984 No. 426 as amended by 1985 No. 183; 1986 Nos. 140 and 393; 1987 Nos. 85 and 175; 1988 Nos. 42, 44, 164 and 165; 1989 Nos. 8, 53, 74, 155, 205, 235 and 326; 1990 Nos. 294 and 373; 1991 Nos. 401 and 447 (disallowed by the Senate on 3 March 1992); 1992 Nos. 33, 160, 287, 376 and 404; 1994 Nos. 86 and 343; 1995 No. 297.