Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813:section:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00813
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 47427–48581

of the Commonwealth the matter of the maintenance of exnuptial children or matters that include that matter;
 (b) Western Australia adopts this Act, as so amended.
 (5B) The Parliament of the Commonwealth also intends that, unless and until one of those events occurs, this Act continue to extend to Western Australia in relation to the maintenance of exnuptial children as if those amendments had not been made.
Note: If this Act is amended by one or more other Acts in relation to the maintenance of exnuptial children, unless and until one of the events mentioned in subsection (5A) occurs, there are effectively 2 versions of this Act that apply in Australia. This Act, as amended, applies:
(a) in all States and Territories in relation to children of marriages; and
(b) in all States and Territories, except Western Australia, in relation to exnuptial children.
 This Act continues to apply in Western Australia in relation to exnuptial children as if those amendments had not been made.
 (6) Nothing in this section affects the operation of the provisions of this Act to the extent that they give effect to an international maintenance arrangement.