Statutory Rules 1997    No. 3761

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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 18 December 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DARYL WILLIAMS

Attorney-General

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 January 1998.

2.   Amendment

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

3.   Schedule 1

3.1   Form 5, paragraph 4:

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

“4. The parentage testing *procedure was/*procedures were carried out at (insert name of *laboratory/*laboratories) on (insert date).”.

4.   Transitional

4.1   This regulation applies to a person who, on 31 December 1997, was taken, under regulation 7 of Statutory Rules 1996 No. 265, to be a nominated reporter for the laboratory of which the person is a principal or an employee.

4.2   For Part IIA of the Family Law Regulations, the person is taken to be a nominated reporter for the laboratory of which the person is a principal or an employee for the period beginning on 1 January 1998 and ending on 31 March 1998.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1997.

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 in the Senate on 3 March 1992); 1992 Nos. 33, 160, 287, 376 and 404; 1994 Nos. 86 and 343; 1995 Nos. 297, 400 and 419; 1996 Nos. 71, 188 (as amended by 1996 No. 201), 253 and 265; 1997 Nos. 157 (disallowed by the Senate on 24 November 1997), 232 and 251.