# Intervention by Attorney-General

> act-s480 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

480 Intervention by Attorney-General
          (1) The Attorney-General may, on behalf of the Commonwealth,
              intervene in a proceeding resulting from an application referred to
              in section 477 or 477A.
          (2) If the Attorney-General intervenes in such a proceeding, the
              Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) or
              Federal Court (as the case requires) may make such orders as to
              costs against the Commonwealth as the court thinks fit.










          (3) If the Attorney-General intervenes in such a proceeding, he or she
              is taken to be a party to the proceeding.