Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00370:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00370
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 13915–15154

12  Court recognition of a foreign measure
 (1) Subject to regulation 13, on receipt (under regulation 11 or with an application by an interested person) of a document that is a foreign measure, the relevant Registrar of a court may register the foreign measure by:
 (a) filing in the court a copy of the document; and
 (b) noting the fact and date of registration on the copy.
 (2) A foreign measure so registered (a recognised foreign measure):
 (a) has the same effect as a Commonwealth measure in the same terms; and
 (b) may, on application by the relevant Registrar of a court or a person interested in the measure (including the child who is the subject of the measure), be registered concurrently in any other court having jurisdiction under the Act.
 (3) A certificate by a court that the foreign measure has been registered in that court under this regulation is sufficient evidence to enable a concurrent registration to be made.
 (4) To enforce a recognised foreign measure, an interested person may take legal proceedings in any court that has jurisdiction.
Note 1: Section 111CT of the Act sets out the effect of registered foreign measures.
Note 2: For subregulation (4)—jurisdiction is conferred by section 39 of the Act.