Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00723:section:7:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00723
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 4/7)
Character Range: 30606–33365

Family Court of Australia (Division 1) constituted in accordance with section 17.
handle a complaint means do one or more of the following acts relating to the complaint:
 (a) consider the complaint;
 (b) investigate the complaint;
 (c) report on an investigation of the complaint;
 (d) deal with a report of an investigation of the complaint;
 (e) dispose of the complaint;
 (f) refer the complaint to a person or body.
information includes any document.
institute, in relation to proceedings and the power of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) to deal with vexatious proceedings, includes:
 (a) for civil proceedings—the taking of a step or the making of an application that may be necessary before proceedings can be started against a party; and
 (b) for proceedings before a tribunal—the taking of a step or the making of an application that may be necessary before proceedings can be started before the tribunal; and
 (c) for criminal proceedings—the making of a complaint or the obtaining of a warrant for the arrest of an alleged offender; and
 (d) for civil or criminal proceedings or proceedings before a tribunal—the taking of a step or the making of an application that may be necessary to start an appeal in relation to the proceedings or to a decision made in the course of the proceedings.
Judge:
 (a) in Chapter 3, means a person holding office as a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1), including the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and a Senior Judge; and
 (b) in Chapter 4, means a person holding office as a Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2), including the Chief Judge and a Deputy Chief Judge.
judgment means a judgment, decree or order, whether final or interlocutory, a decision or a sentence, and includes a decree within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
living with a person has the meaning given by subsection 126(8).
Magistrates Court of Western Australia means the Magistrates Court of Western Australia constituted by a Family Law Magistrate of Western Australia.
marital or couple relationship has the meaning given by subsection 126(5).
news publisher means a person engaged in the business of publishing news or a public or community broadcasting service engaged in the publishing of news through a public news medium.
non‑publication order means an order that prohibits or restricts the publication of information (but that does not otherwise prohibit or restrict the disclosure of information).
overarching purpose:
 (a) of the civil practice and procedure provisions in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1), means the overarching purpose set out in subsection 67(1); and
 (b)