FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 68S Application of Act and Rules when exercising section 68R power

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 68S

  (1)   The following provisions do not apply to a court exercising the power under section   68R:

  (a)   section   65C (who may apply for a parenting order);

  (b)   subsection   65F(2) (parenting order not to be made unless parties attend family counselling);

  (c)   section   60CG (court to consider risk of family violence);

  (d)   section   69N (requirement to transfer certain proceedings);

  (e)   any provisions (for example, section   60CA) that would otherwise make the best interests of the child the paramount consideration;

Note:   Even though the best interests of the child are not paramount, they must still be taken into account under paragraph   68R(5)(b).

  (f)   any provisions of this Act or the applicable Rules of Court specified in the regulations.

  (2)   If a court is exercising the power under section   68R in proceedings to make an interim family violence order or an interim variation of a family violence order:

  (a)   the court has a discretion about whether to apply paragraph   60CC(3)(a) (about taking into account a child's views etc.); and

  (b)   any provisions of this Act or the applicable Rules of Court specified in the regulations do not apply.

  (3)   A court exercising the power under section   68R may, as it thinks appropriate, dispense with any otherwise applicable Rules of Court.