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In forceAdoption of the Commonwealth Child Support laws as in force immediately before commencement day
Part 2Adoption and referral
4 Adoption of the Commonwealth Child Support laws as in force immediately before commencement day
(1)
The Commonwealth Child Support laws, in the form in which they exist at the end of the day before commencement day, are adopted within the meaning of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth insofar as they relate to the maintenance of exnuptial children.
(2)
Despite subsection (1), the adoption has effect for, and for no longer than, the period —
(a)
beginning on commencement day; and
(b)
ending on the day fixed under section 6 as the day on which the adoption is to terminate.
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