Summary

Amends the:

and to clarify the validity of ministerial acts and the operation of provisions about the management of compilations prepared for the Federal Register of Legislation; to: provide the National Archives of Australia with tools to manage high-volume applicants requesting access to records; and make other minor technical amendments; to clarify that the Family Court of Australia has bankruptcy jurisdiction when a trustee applies to have a financial agreement set aside under the ; to provide that it applies to territories currently specified in the Domicile Regulations 1982; to amend the presumption about when postal articles sent by prepaid post are received; to: introduce new offences relating to international parental child abduction and to allow a person to request a location order for the purposes of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; clarify who may perform the powers of the registry managers; align financial and other provisions for de facto and married couples; make various amendments relating to the operation of the family law courts; and make minor and technical amendments; to: specify the meaning of ‘competent court’ for the purpose of the Model Law; clarify procedural requirements for enforcement of an arbitral award; modernise provisions governing certain arbitrators’ powers; and clarify the application of certain confidentiality provisions; to: remove outdated concepts and ensure consistency with the in relation to parental consent for the marriage of minors; and make minor and technical amendments; and to remove the exemption for discrimination against women employed, engaged or appointed in Australian Defence Force positions involving combat duties. Also makes consequential amendments to nine Acts.