Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00687:reg:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00687
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 11370–14127

3  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in these Regulations are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) applicable Rules of Court;
(b) Chief Executive Officer;
(c) Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia;
(d) standard Rules of Court.
  In these Regulations:
Act means the Family Law Act 1975.
application means an application to a court for the purpose of instituting proceedings under the Act or an application to a relevant Registrar made under these Regulations.
certified copy means a copy of an order, decree or document certified to be a true copy by an officer of the court that made the order or by which the order has been registered or confirmed or, in the case of an overseas order, by the Secretary.
Child Support Registrar means the Child Support Registrar mentioned in section 10 of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.
filed has the same meaning as in the applicable Rules of Court.
Hague Service Convention means the Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, done at The Hague on 15 November 1965.
intervener means, in relation to proceedings, the Attorney‑General or any other person when intervening or applying to intervene under Part IX of the Act, or a child independently represented under subsection 68L(2) of the Act.
legal practitioner means a person enrolled as a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court of Australia, or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
party to proceedings means an applicant, respondent or intervener in proceedings under the Act.
relevant Registrar of a court means:
 (a) in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1)—the following:
 (i) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar (within the meaning of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021);
 (ii) a Senior Registrar or Registrar of that court; or
 (b) in relation to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2)—the following:
 (i) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar (within the meaning of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021);
 (ii) a Senior Registrar or Registrar of that court; or
 (c) in relation to any other court—the principal officer of the court or any other appropriate officer or staff member of the court.
respondent means, in relation to proceedings, a party to the proceedings other than an applicant or an intervener.
sealed means sealed with the seal of the court or otherwise endorsed by an officer of the court.
Secretary means:
 (a) the Secretary of the Attorney‑General's Department; or
 (b) a person authorised by the Secretary to perform a