Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_633
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 633
Character Range: 1478143–1479913

633       Financial assistance scheme for respondents to applications brought under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986               To fund a scheme to provide for respondents to applications for orders under the Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 to:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) obtain legal representation and advice for the purposes of those proceedings, including any appeal and any associated alternative dispute resolution processes; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) pay for any necessary expenses incurred in responding to those applications (such as court fees, expert witness fees and other expenses of a kind ordinarily incurred in litigation).
                                                                                                                                                               This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) in connection with divorce and matrimonial causes, including in relation to parental rights or the custody and guardianship of infants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) with respect to external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution).