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Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 13167–16116

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument 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.
  In this instrument:
Act means the Family Law Act 1975.
arbitration agreement: see section 22.
Attorney‑General's Department means the Department administered by the Attorney‑General.
bodily sample: see section 58.
Central Authority: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
certified copy means a copy of an order, decree or document certified to be a true copy by an officer of the court that:
 (a) made or varied the order, decree or document; or
 (b) registered or confirmed the order, decree or document.
Child Support Registrar means the Child Support Registrar mentioned in section 10 of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988.
Convention additional authority: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
Convention certificate of service: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
Convention certifying authority: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
Convention country: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
Cooperation Convention: see section 93.
Cooperation Convention country: see section 93.
donor: see section 58.
family law:
 (a) means the Act; and
 (b) includes this instrument and any other regulations made under the Act.
Note: This definition corresponds to the definition of this Act in subsection 4(1) of the Act.
forwarding authority: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
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.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 2010 No. 23 ([2010] ATS 23) and could in 2024 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
initiating process: see section 79.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention.
intervener, in relation to proceedings, means:
 (a) the Attorney‑General or any other person when intervening in the proceedings, or applying to intervene in the proceedings, under Part IX of the Act; or
 (b) a child independently represented in the proceedings 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.
local judicial document means a judicial document that relates to civil proceedings under the family law in the court.
Note: This definition relates to the Hague Service Convention and Cooperation