Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00513:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00513
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 2919–4518

3  Interpretation
  In this Act:
corresponding Western Australian Act means the Family Court (Orders of Registrars) Act 1997 of Western Australia.
federal family jurisdiction means jurisdiction under:
 (a) the Family Law Act 1975; or
 (b) the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988; or
 (c) the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989.
ineffective order has the meaning given by section 4.
liability includes a duty or obligation.
parenting plan means a parenting plan under the Family Law Act 1975.
proceedings includes an initiating application.
proceedings for the order means:
 (a) in relation to an ineffective order of the kind referred to in subsection 4(2)—the proceedings in or in relation to which the order was purportedly made; and
 (b) in relation to provisions of a parenting plan that are an ineffective order of the kind referred to in subsection 4(3)—the proceedings that would have been constituted by the application to register the parenting plan if it had instead been an application to the Family Court of Western Australia for an order of the relevant kind under the Family Law Act 1975 and the parties to the plan had been parties to that application.
Registrar has the meaning it had in the Family Court Act 1975 of Western Australia as in force immediately before the commencement of the corresponding Western Australian Act.
registration decision, in relation to an ineffective order of the kind referred to in subsection 4(3), means the Registrar's decision to register the parenting plan as mentioned in that subsection.
right includes an interest or status.