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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 70NEC Bonds

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 70NEC

Bonds

  (1)   This section provides for bonds that a court may require a person to enter into under paragraph   70NEB(1)(d).

  (2)   A bond is to be for a specified period of up to 2 years.

  (3)   A bond may be:

  (a)   with or without surety; and

  (b)   with or without security.

  (4)   The conditions that may be imposed on a person by a bond include (without limitation) conditions that require the person:

  (a)   to attend an appointment (or a series of appointments) with a family consultant; or

  (b)   to attend family counselling; or

  (c)   to attend family dispute resolution; or

  (d)   to be of good behaviour.

  (5)   If a court proposes to require a person to enter into a bond, it must, before making the requirement, explain to the person, in language likely to be readily understood by the person:

  (a)   the purpose and effect of the proposed requirement; and

  (b)   the consequences that may follow if the person:

  (i)   fails to enter into the bond; or

  (ii)   having entered into the bond--fails to act in accordance with the bond.

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