South Australian Consolidated Acts

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 1972 - SECT 229

229—Collector to note changes in orders made or enforceable in South Australia

        (1)         Where the Collector receives from the Collector for another Australian State or from an appropriate authority in a reciprocating country a certified copy of an order (other than a provisional order), or a notice in writing giving particulars of an event or other matter, made, occurring or arising in that other Australian State or in that reciprocating country and affecting, in a manner appearing from the certified copy or notice, the operation of a South Australian order enforceable in that other Australian State or in that reciprocating country, or of an interstate order or overseas order enforceable in this State under this Division, the Collector must—

            (a)         file the certified copy or notice in the Magistrates Court; and

            (b)         if the complainant or defendant is resident in this State, cause a copy of the certified copy or notice to be served on the complainant or defendant, as the case may require.

        (2)         Where a certified copy or notice is filed in accordance with subsection (1) in relation to a maintenance order, the order, event or matter has the same effect in this State as it appears from the certified copy or notice to have in the other Australian State or reciprocating country.

        (3)         This section does not apply in relation to an order made in a reciprocating country affecting a maintenance order in a manner adverse to the defendant unless it appears from the documents received by the Collector that the defendant appeared on the hearing of the proceedings in connection with which the first-mentioned order was made.