Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 124A

  (1)   The regulations may make provision for, and in relation to, the following matters:

  (a)   giving effect to an international agreement that relates to maintenance obligations arising from family relationship, parentage or marriage;

  (b)   maintenance obligations arising from family relationship, parentage or marriage, where:

  (i)   the maintenance is claimed by or on behalf of a person who is in a reciprocating jurisdiction; or

  (ii)   the person from whom the maintenance is claimed is in a reciprocating jurisdiction.

  (2)   Regulations made for the purposes of this section may:

  (a)   confer jurisdiction on a federal court (other than the High Court) or a court of a Territory; or

  (b)   invest a court of a State with federal jurisdiction.

  (4)   In this section:

"international agreement" means an agreement whose parties are:

  (a)   Australia and a foreign country; or

  (b)   Australia and 2 or more foreign countries.

"reciprocating jurisdiction" means:

  (a)   a foreign country; or

  (b)   a part of a foreign country;

that is prescribed by the regulations to be a reciprocating jurisdiction for the purposes of this section.