Division Description Changes — Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Consideration in Detail — 27th Nov 2018

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representatives vote 2018-11-27#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-01-10 13:18:56	Title Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Consideration in Detail Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Commencment and court fees Description <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p> The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-11-27.100.1) introduced by Liberal MP Stuart Robert, which means they succeeded. These amendments related to the commencement date and court fees. ### What does this bill do? This [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6168), together with the [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6167), was introduced to: > bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the [Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/FederalCourts) for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.

Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Consideration in Detail
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Commencment and court fees

<p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>
The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-11-27.100.1) introduced by Liberal MP Stuart Robert, which means they succeeded. These amendments related to the commencement date and court fees.
### What does this bill do?
This [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6168), together with the [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6167), was introduced to:
> *bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.*
Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the [Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/FederalCourts) for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.