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to institute proceedings under this Part in relation to a child, and in appropriate cases to any other person who may be interested in the welfare of the child, of documents setting out:
     (a) the legal and possible social effects of the proposed proceedings; and
     (b) the counselling and welfare facilities available within the Family Court and elsewhere.".

25. Section 63 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Division, heading and sections are substituted:

"Division 4—Jurisdiction of Courts

Jurisdiction of courts under Part
"63. (1) Jurisdiction is conferred on the Family Court and, subject to subsection (7), the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, and each Family Court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction in relation to matters arising under this Part (including proceedings under sections 70c and 70d).
"(2) Subject to subsections (5) and (7), each court of summary jurisdiction of each State is invested with federal jurisdiction, and jurisdiction is conferred on each court of summary jurisdiction of each Territory, in relation to matters arising under this Part (including proceedings under sections 70c and 70d).
"(3) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, fix a day as the day on and after which proceedings in relation to matters arising under this Part (including proceedings under sections 70c and 70d) may not be instituted in, or transferred to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory.
"(4) A Proclamation under subsection (3) may be expressed to apply only in relation to:
     (a) proceedings of specified classes; or
     (b) the institution of proceedings in, or the transfer of proceedings to, a court of summary jurisdiction in a specified part of a State or Territory.
"(5) A court of summary jurisdiction shall not hear or determine proceedings under this Part otherwise than in accordance with any Proclamation in force under subsection (3).
"(6) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation, declare that a Proclamation made under subsection (3) is revoked on and from a specified day and, on and from the specified day, this Part (including sub-section (3)) has effect as if the revoked Proclamation had not been made, but without prejudice to the effect of the revoked Proclamation in relation to the jurisdiction of courts before the specified day.
"(7) Jurisdiction in relation to a matter arising under this Part in relation to which a proceeding is instituted under this Part is not conferred on a court of a Territory unless at least one of the parties to the proceedings is, on the day of the institution of the proceedings or the day of the transfer of the proceedings to that court, ordinarily resident in the Territory.
"(8) The jurisdiction conferred on or invested in a court