Section 50 — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021: Prohibition on instituting first instance family law or child support proceedings

(1) A person must not institute family law or child support proceedings (other than appellate proceedings) in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1). Note: For the institution of proceedings other than family law or child support proceedings, see section 62. (2) If proceedings are instituted in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) in contravention of subsection (1), then: (a) unless the proceedings are transferred to the Federal Court, the proceedings are, by force of this subsection, transferred to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); and (b) the proceedings are taken to be as valid as they would have been if subsection (1) had not been enacted.