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Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003

Administration - Standards, rules, and regulations

149: Rules

You could also call this:

"Guidelines to help the Family Court make fair decisions"

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The law says rules can be made to help the Family Court make decisions in certain cases. These rules are made under section 16A of the Family Court Act 1980. You can find more information about this in the Family Court Act 1980 which regulates what the Family Court can and cannot do in these cases.

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Part 11Administration
Standards, rules, and regulations

149Rules

  1. Rules may be made under section 16A of the Family Court Act 1980 regulating the practice and procedure of the Family Court in proceedings under this Act.

Notes
  • Section 149: amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).