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in relation to the child; or
          (ii) the custody, guardianship and welfare of, and access to, the child; and
     (d) other rights and duties in relation to the child:
          (i) arising out of the marital relationship;
          (ii) in relation to concurrent, pending or completed proceedings between those parties for principal relief; or
          (iii) in relation to the dissolution or annulment of that marriage or the legal separation of the parties to that marriage, being

         a dissolution, annulment or legal separation effected in accordance with the law of an overseas jurisdiction, where the dissolution, annulment or legal separation is recognised as valid in Australia under section 104.
"(3) By virtue of this subsection, Divisions 1, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 14, and this Division, have effect according to their tenor.

Additional jurisdiction of courts
"60g. In addition to the jurisdiction that, apart from this section, is invested in or conferred on a court under this Part, the court is invested with jurisdiction or jurisdiction is conferred on the court, as the case requires, in matters arising between residents of different States, being matters with respect to:
     (a) the maintenance of children and the payment of expenses in relation to children or child bearing; or
     (b) the custody, guardianship and welfare of, and access to, children.

Child welfare laws not affected
"60h. (1) A court having jurisdiction under this Act shall not make an order under this Act in relation to a child who is in the custody of, or under the guardianship, care and control or supervision of, a person under a child welfare law unless the order is expressed to come into effect when the child ceases to be in such custody or under such guardianship, care and control or supervision, as the case may be.
"(2) Nothing in this Act, and no decree made under this Act, affects:
     (a) the jurisdiction of a court, or the power of an authority, under a child welfare law to make an order, or to take any other action, by which a child is placed in the custody of, or under the guardianship, care and control or supervision of, a person;
     (b) any such order made or action taken;
     (c) the jurisdiction of a court under a child welfare law to make an order in relation to the maintenance of the child;
     (d) an order of the kind referred to in paragraph (c); and
     (e) the operation in relation to the child of a child welfare law.
"(3) Where it appears to a court having jurisdiction under this Act that another court or an authority proposes to make an order, or to take any other action, of the kind referred to in paragraph