Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011 (189 of 2011)

Schedule 2   Other amendments

Part 1   Amendments

Family Law Act 1975

8   After section 37A

Insert:

37AA Delegation to Registrars of powers exercisable by court as constituted in a particular way

(1) Without limiting subsection 37A(1), the powers that may be delegated to a Registrar under that subsection include:

(a) the powers of the Court, constituted in any way mentioned in subsection 94(2D), to hear and determine applications to which that subsection applies; and

(b) the powers of the Court, constituted in any way mentioned in subsection 94AAA(10), to hear and determine applications to which that subsection applies.

(2) If Rules of Court under subsection 37A(1) delegate powers referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) of this section to a Registrar, those Rules may specify modifications of section 37A that are to have effect in relation to the exercise by a Registrar of the delegated powers.

(3) In this section:

Registrar has the same meaning as in section 37A.