Family Court Regulations 1998

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

in relation to the Family Court of Western Australia — an officer of that Court authorised by the Principal Registrar of that Court, or the executive manager appointed under section 25(1)(c), to exercise the power or carry out the function; or

in relation to the Magistrates Court — an officer of that court authorised by the Principal Registrar, or a registrar, of that court to exercise the power or carry out the function;

A reference in a Family Law Regulation adopted or applied under these regulations —

to the Family Court is to be treated as a reference to the Family Court of Western Australia; and

to a registrar is to be treated as a reference to a registrar of the Family Court of Western Australia; and

to a Registry of the Family Court is to be treated as a reference to the registry of the Family Court of Western Australia; and

to a form in a Schedule of the Family Law Regulations is to be treated as a reference to the form with the appropriate modifications for the purposes of the Act; and

to a Part, Division, section, Schedule or other provision of the Family Law Act is to be treated as a reference to the provision of the Family Court Act 1997 with which the provision is comparable; and

to the Act is to be treated as a reference to the Family Court Act 1997; and

to Part VIII is to be treated as a reference to Part 5A.

Subject to this regulation, a Family Law Regulation adopted or applied under these regulations is adopted or applied in the form in which it is in force from time to time.