Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00233:section:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00233
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 11
Character Range: 20171–21417

11  Orders for taking evidence abroad—family law matters
 (1) The appropriate court may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before a court of summary jurisdiction exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975, exercise the same power to make an order of the kind referred to in Division 1 for the purpose of that proceeding as the appropriate court has under that Division:
 (a) if it is the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)—for the purpose of any proceeding before it; or
 (b) otherwise—for the purpose of a proceeding before it when it is exercising jurisdiction under the Family Law Act 1975.
 (2) In this section:
appropriate court means:
 (a) if the proceeding takes place in a State other than Western Australia, or in a Territory other than the Northern Territory, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands—the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or
 (b) if the proceeding takes place in Western Australia, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands—the Family Court of Western Australia; or
 (c) if the proceeding takes place in the Northern Territory—the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.