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Additionally, the Court issued Practice Direction Nos. 1 and 2 of 2006 to give the legal profession guidance about transitional arrangements and the conduct of child-related proceedings. Referral protocols between the Family Law Courts’ National Enquiry Centre and the Family Relationship Advice Line (AGD) have also been developed. Chief Justice’s review Part 1 Family Law Amendment Rules 2006 The Family Law Rules 2004 were amended by the Family Law Amendment Rules 2006, which came into effect on 1 July 2006. The purpose of the Rules amendments was to cater for the commencement of the new family law legislation and the Jurisdiction of Courts (Family Law) Act 2006, as well as clarifying issues and procedures. The Rule changes also amend various delegations and introduce new forms. The development of new Rules and forms was a priority project for the Court’s Rules Committee during 2005-06. Family Law Courts Board The Family Law Courts Board, comprising of the Chief Justice of the Family Court, the Chief Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court and the Chief Executives of each court, established during the previous year to oversee the coordination and management of the shared arrangements evolving through the combined registry initiative and other shared services arrangements, continued to meet during 2005-06. The Board has functioned effectively in considering and working towards the resolution of cross-court issues. Combined Registry In July 2004 the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court (FMC) commenced work on a combined family law registry. The Combined Registry Program is managed by a steering committee comprising the two Heads of Jurisdiction, the Deputy Chief Justice, a Federal Magistrate, the two Chief Executive Officers, and a representative from the Attorney-General’s Department. The Combined Registry Program has five key aims: reduce confusion for clients through a single point of filing and the introduction of a common form reduce the number of times clients need to attend court and ensure each event adds value and progresses the case towards a conclusion provide earlier access to a judicial officer Family Court of Australia Annual Report 2005–2006
provide a single entry point – it has been agreed by both Courts that the FMC will ultimately provide the single entry point, and provide services that make the process more timely and help to improve community perception of the Courts. Sixteen individual projects are being progressed as part of the Combined Registry initiative. The Family Court continued its work under the Combined Registry Project during 2005-06 with a number of significant initiatives being completed. Over the past 12 months, the Family Court and Federal Magistrates Court have: established a national family courts telephone enquiry centre, accessible for the cost of a local call. Clients are able to obtain information about family law, applying to the Family Law Courts and the forms and publications of both courts. General information about a client’s case, for example the date of the next court event, can also be provided implemented the first stage of the family law courts website, which provides information, brochures and forms for both the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates Court (www.familylawcourts.gov.au) developed a series of pilot projects involving the use of registrars to support Federal Magistrates in Brisbane, Melbourne, Parramatta and Canberra registries standardised, where appropriate, the more than 200 letters commonly used by registries under the Family Law Registry banner developed a nationally consistent approach for registries to handle transfers between the Family Court, the Federal Magistrates Court and state courts integrated the Family Court and FMC hard copy files into one Family Law Registry file cover, to be used from 1 January 2007 onwards, and developed and installed consistent signage to identify family law registries in each location. Part 1 Chief Justice’s review Children’s Cases Program / less adversarial trials The Children’s Cases Program (CCP) was developed by the Family Court as a pilot for conducting child related proceedings in a less adversarial way. The pilot, which was conducted in the Sydney and Parramatta Registries, has now concluded with data collected on 200 cases up to 31 December 2005. In March 2006, Dr Jennifer McIntosh of Latrobe University presented the Court with a report that explored the impact of CCP on parenting capacity and child wellbeing. The report compared data from parents participating in CCP with similar data from parents in a control group of cases that were finalised in the same period. Family Court of Australia Annual Report 2005–2006
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