(1) Each provision of these Rules specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Provisions |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
1. The whole of these Rules |
1 September 2021. |
1 September 2021 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of these Rules as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of these Rules.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of these Rules. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of these Rules.
Note 1: The Family Law Rules 2004 (the old Rules ), as in force under the Family Law Act immediately before the commencement of these Rules (the new Rules ), are repealed (see the Family Law Repeal Rules 2021 ). The new Rules apply to a proceeding that was commenced in accordance with the old Rules and was not determined before the repeal of those Rules.
Note 2: The Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001 , as in force under the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 immediately before the commencement of these Rules, are repealed as a consequence of the repeal of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 by Schedule 3 to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2021 .