Family Law Amendment (Child Protection Convention) Bill 2002

Type: Government
Portfolio: Attorney-General
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 40
Summary: Amends the
Family Law Act 1975
to enable Australia to ratify the 1996 Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children.

Progress

House of Representatives
13 Mar 2002	Introduced and read a first time
13 Mar 2002	Second reading moved
26 Jun 2002	Second reading agreed to
26 Jun 2002	Third reading agreed to

Senate
20 Aug 2002	Introduced and read a first time
20 Aug 2002	Second reading moved
22 Aug 2002	Second reading amendment agreed to Details: 1 Australian Democrats agreed to
22 Aug 2002	Second reading agreed to
22 Aug 2002	Third reading agreed to

03 Sep 2002

Assent

Act no.: 69

Year: 2002

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading

Explanatory memoranda

Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
Revised Explanatory Memorandum
Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
(HoR) Government 1

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

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Text of bill

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Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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