Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01638:reg:10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01638
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10
Character Range: 27932–30197

10  Meaning of prescribed overseas jurisdiction
 (1) For the purposes of the definition of prescribed overseas jurisdiction in subsection 4(1) of the Act, this section declares countries, or parts of a country, outside Australia to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of provisions.

Provisions relating to State, Territory and overseas child orders
 (2) Each country, or part of a country, specified in an item of the table in Schedule 1 is declared to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of:
 (a) the definition of overseas child order in subsection 4(1) of the Act; and
 (b) each provision of Division 13 of Part VII of the Act.
Note: This meaning applies in provisions of this instrument that use that defined term or that are made for the purposes of those provisions: see subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003. For example, this meaning applies in sections 72 and 73 of this instrument.

Provisions relating to presumptions of parentage and proof of birth, parentage, death or marriage
 (3) Each country, or part of a country, specified in an item of the table in Schedule 2 as a reciprocating jurisdiction, and each jurisdiction prescribed in an item of the table in Schedule 4, is declared to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of:
 (a) each provision of Division 12 of Part VII of the Act; and
 (b) section 102 of the Act.
Note: This meaning applies in provisions of this instrument that are made for the purposes of those provisions: see subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Provisions relating to overseas maintenance agreements and financial agreements
 (4) Each country, or part of a country, specified in an item of the table in Schedule 2 as a reciprocating jurisdiction is declared to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of:
 (a) the definition of overseas maintenance agreement in subsection 4(1) of the Act; and
 (b) each provision of Part VIII of the Act; and
 (c) section 110B of the Act.
Note: This meaning applies in provisions of this instrument that use that defined term or that are made for the purposes of those provisions: see subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003. For example, this meaning applies in section 146 of this instrument.