Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3

Schedule 1--Amendments relating to the Federal Court of Australia 4

Part 1--Amendments commencing 1 July 2016                                             4

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976                                                                       4

Part 2--Amendments commencing 1 January 2018                                    21

Federal Court of Australia Act 1976                                                                     21

Schedule 2--Amendments relating to the Family Court of Australia 22

Part 1--Amendments commencing 1 July 2016                                           22

Family Law Act 1975                                                                                                22

Part 2--Amendments commencing 1 January 2018                                    34

Family Law Act 1975                                                                                                34

Schedule 3--Amendments relating to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia    36

Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999                                                       36

Schedule 4--Amendments relating to the National Native Title Tribunal              42

Native Title Act 1993                                                                                                42

Schedule 5--Consequential amendments                                                              47

Part 1--Family Court Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and Judge Administrators   47

Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977                                       47

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001                          47

Bankruptcy Act 1966                                                                                                47

Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989                                                                    47

Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988                                     47

Competition and Consumer Act 2010                                                                   48

Court Security Act 2013                                                                                           48

Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Act 1984  48

Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990                                                              48

Taxation Administration Act 1953                                                                         48

Part 2--Chief Executive Officers--amendments commencing 1 July 2016        49

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005                                                 49

Bankruptcy Act 1966                                                                                                49

Copyright Act 1968                                                                                                   49

Court Security Act 2013                                                                                           49

Ombudsman Act 1976                                                                                               51

Privacy Act 1988                                                                                                       51

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013                                                                      51

Part 3--Chief Executive Officers--amendments commencing 1 January 2018 52

Court Security Act 2013                                                                                           52

Ombudsman Act 1976                                                                                               52

Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013                                                                      52

Schedule 6--Application and transitional provisions                                    53

Part 1--Definitions                                                                                                      53

Part 2--Names of offices, appointments etc.                                                 55

Part 3--Matters relating to the finance law                                                     57

Part 4--Matters relating to APS employment                                                59

Part 5--Transitional rules                                                                                          64

 

 

 

 

Courts Administration Legislation Amendment Act 2016

No. 24, 2016

 

An Act to amend the law relating to the administration of courts, and for other purposes

[Assented to 18 March 2016]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: