Family Proceedings Act 1980
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 170 — Orders by consent
170 Orders by consent In any proceedings before it under this Act (not being proceedings under Part 4 of this Act), a District Court or a Family Court may make any order under this Act by the consent…
Section 171 — Costs
171 Costs (1) Subject to any other provision in this Act, the Court, on the hearing of any proceedings before it under this Act, may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit. (2) An order made by…
Section 172 — Dismissal of application in District Court or Family Court no bar to further proceedings
172 Dismissal of application in District Court or Family Court no bar to further proceedings Neither the dismissal of an application under this Act by a District Court or a Family Court nor the…
Section 173 — Rehearings
173 Rehearings (1) Where an order has been made or refused on an application under this Act (other than an application under Part 4 of this Act), the Court may, on the application of the applicant or…
Section 174 — Appeals from decisions of District Courts and Family Courts
174 Appeals from decisions of District Courts and Family Courts (1AA) This subsection applies to a decision of a Family Court or District Court, in proceedings under this Act (other than criminal…
Section 175 — Appeals from decisions of High Court
175 Appeals from decisions of High Court (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5) of this section, a party to any proceedings under this Act before the High Court (other than proceedings on an appeal…
Section 176 — Non-molestation orders
176 Non-molestation orders [Repealed] Sections 176 to 179 were repealed, as from 1 March 1983, by section 42 Domestic Protection Act 1982 (1982 No 120).
Section 177 — Interim non-molestation orders
177 Interim non-molestation orders [Repealed] Sections 176 to 179 were repealed, as from 1 March 1983, by section 42 Domestic Protection Act 1982 (1982 No 120).
Section 178 — Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies
178 Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies [Repealed] Sections 176 to 179 were repealed, as from 1 March 1983, by section 42 Domestic Protection Act 1982 (1982 No 120).
Section 179 — Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies where parties living apart
179 Orders in respect of matrimonial homes and tenancies where parties living apart [Repealed] Sections 176 to 179 were repealed, as from 1 March 1983, by section 42 Domestic Protection Act 1982…
Section 180 — Recovery of money from estate of deceased party
180 Recovery of money from estate of deceased party (1) On the death of any person against whom an order for the payment of money has been made under this Act, any money in arrear and unpaid at the…
Section 181 — Incidence of maintenance due by estate of deceased party
181 Incidence of maintenance due by estate of deceased party (1) The incidence of the payments under any order to which section 180(3) of this Act applies shall fall upon the assets of the estate of…
Section 182 — Court may make orders as to settled property, etc
182 Court may make orders as to settled property, etc (1) On, or within a reasonable time after, the making of an order under Part 4 of this Act or a final decree under Part 2 or Part 4 of the…
Section 183 — Dispositions may be restrained
183 Dispositions may be restrained (1) Where it appears to the Court that a disposition of any property is about to be made, whether for value or not, by or on behalf of or by direction of or in the…
Section 184 — Dispositions may be set aside
184 Dispositions may be set aside (1) Where the Court is satisfied that any disposition of any property has been made, whether for value or not, by or on behalf of or by direction of or in the…
Section 185 — Separation agreements by persons of unsound mind
185 Separation agreements by persons of unsound mind (1) Notwithstanding anything in any enactment or rule of law, no agreement for separation shall be void or voidable by reason of either party to…
Section 186 — Court fees
186 Court fees (1) Unless otherwise provided by regulations made under section 187 of this Act, no Court fees shall be taken by the Registrar of a District Court or Family Court in respect of any…
Section 187 — Regulations
187 Regulations The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations— (a) Prescribing expenses to be paid to any person summoned under section 17 of this Act, and…
Section 188 — Rules of procedure
188 Rules of procedure (1) Subject to Part 9 of this Act, the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make rules regulating the practice and procedure of District Courts in…
Section 189 — Amendments to other enactments, and repeals
189 Amendments to other enactments, and repeals (1) The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act are hereby amended in the manner indicated in that Schedule. (2) Subject to sections 191 and 192…
Section 190 — Related amendments to Domestic Actions Act 1975
190 Related amendments to Domestic Actions Act 1975 (1) The Domestic Actions Act 1975 is hereby amended by inserting in the Title, after the word “ adultery, ” the words “ for enticement of a spouse,…
Section 191 — Savings
191 Savings (1) Notwithstanding section 118(6) of this Act, or the repeal of section 101(5) of the Domestic Proceedings Act 1968 by section 189(3) of this Act, the provisions of section 246(2) of the…
Section 192 — Transitional provisions
192 Transitional provisions (1) Notwithstanding section 189(3) of this Act,— (a) All criminal proceedings that have been commenced under the Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963 or the Domestic…