Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00779:clause:5_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00779
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 17
Character Range: 26159–27697

17  At the end of section 5
Add:

 (5A) The Parliament of the Commonwealth intends that this Act, so far as it is amended by one or more other Acts in relation to the maintenance of exnuptial children, not extend to Western Australia, unless and until one of the following events occurs:
 (a) the Parliament of Western Australia refers to the Parliament 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.

Note: The heading to section 6 is altered by adding at the end "of marriages".

Part 3—Extension of amended Child Support Acts to Western Australia in relation to exnuptial children