Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:4:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 12/18)
Character Range: 58062–60817

of proceedings under Part VII in a State or Territory—an officer of the State or Territory who is responsible for the administration of the child welfare laws of the State or Territory, or some other prescribed person; or
 (b) if the child is not the subject of proceedings under Part VII—an officer of the State or Territory in which the child is located or is believed to be located who is responsible for the administration of the child welfare laws of the State or Territory, or some other prescribed person.
prescribed overseas jurisdiction means any country, or part of a country, outside Australia that is declared by the regulations to be a prescribed overseas jurisdiction for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used.
prescribed proceedings means:
 (a) divorce or validity of marriage proceedings; or
 (b) proceedings in relation to concurrent, pending or completed divorce or validity of marriage proceedings.
principal officer, when used in Subdivision C of Division 8 of Part VII in relation to a Commonwealth instrumentality, means:
 (a) if the regulations declare an office to be the principal office in respect of the instrumentality—the person holding, or performing the duties of, that office; or
 (b) the person who constitutes the instrumentality or who is entitled to preside at any meeting of the instrumentality, or of its governing body, at which the person is present.
proceedings:
 (a) in Part XIVB—see subsection 114P(1); and
 (b) otherwise—means a proceeding in a court, whether between parties or not, and includes cross‑proceedings or an incidental proceeding in the course of or in connection with a proceeding.
proceedings for principal relief means proceedings under this Act of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of matrimonial cause in this subsection.
proceeds of crime authority has the meaning given by section 4C.
Note: Section 4C provides for different proceeds of crime authorities in relation to orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and State or Territory proceeds of crime laws.
proceeds of crime order means:
 (aa) a freezing order; or
 (a) a restraining order; or
 (b) a forfeiture order.
professional ethics includes:
 (a) rules of professional conduct; and
 (b) rules of professional etiquette; and
 (c) a code of ethics; and
 (d) standards of professional conduct.
property means:
 (a) in relation to the parties to a marriage or either of them—means property to which those parties are, or that party is, as the case may be, entitled, whether in possession or reversion; or
 (b) in relation to the parties to a de facto relationship or either of them—means property to which those parties are, or that party is, as the case may be, entitled, whether in