Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The power to make
rules conferred by section 244 of the Family Court Act 1997 extends
to making rules of court, not inconsistent with the Corporations Law of
Western Australia —
(a) with
respect to proceedings, and the practice and procedure, of the Family Court of
Western Australia under that Law; and
(b) with
respect to any matter or thing that is —
(i)
required or permitted by that Law to be prescribed by
rules within the meaning of that Law; or
(ii)
necessary or convenient to be prescribed by such rules
for carrying out or giving effect to that Law;
and
(c)
without limitation, with respect to costs, and with respect to rules about
meetings ordered by the Family Court of Western Australia.
(2) When the Family
Court of Western Australia is exercising jurisdiction with respect to matters
arising under the Corporations Law of a State, being jurisdiction conferred by
a law of a State that corresponds to this Division, that Court must apply the
rules of court made under subsection (1), with such alterations as are
necessary.
(3) When the Family
Court of Western Australia is exercising jurisdiction with respect to matters
arising under the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory, being
jurisdiction conferred by a law of that Territory corresponding to this
Division, that Court must apply the rules of court made under
subsection (1), with such alterations as are necessary.
(4) In this
section —
Corporations Law of a State does not include rules
of court;
Corporations Law of the Capital Territory does not
include rules of court.
[Section 52B inserted by No. 51 of 1991
s. 15; amended by No. 41 of 1997 s. 30.]