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===Oceania=== ====Australia==== Prenuptial agreements are recognised in Australia by the Family Law Act 1975 (Commonwealth).<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Law Act 1975 - Sect 90C|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fla1975114/s90c.html|work=Commonwealth Consolidated Acts|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> In Australia, a prenuptial agreement is referred to as a Binding Financial Agreement (BFA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Law Act 1975 - Sect 90C aa|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/fla1975114/s90c.html|work=Commonwealth Consolidated Acts|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute|access-date=18 June 2012}}</ref> In Australia, a BFA can be entered into before, during or after the end of a de facto relationship or a marriage. For a BFA to be binding and enforceable, both parties must be provided with Independent Legal Advice from a legal practitioner about the effect of the agreement on the rights of that party and about the disadvantages and advantages, at the time that the advice was provided, to that party entering into the BFA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finances and property: Financial agreements |url=https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/fp/financial-agreements |website=Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia |access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>
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