FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 70NEF Evidence

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 70NEF

  (1)   Evidence of anything said, or of any admission made, by a person attending a post - separation parenting program is not admissible:

  (a)   in any court (whether exercising federal jurisdiction or not); or

  (b)   in any proceedings before a person authorised by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, or by the consent of the parties, to hear evidence.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply to the following:

  (a)   an admission by an adult that indicates that a child under 18 has been abused or is at risk of abuse;

  (b)   a disclosure by a child under 18 that indicates that the child has been abused or is at risk of abuse;

unless, in the opinion of the court, there is sufficient evidence of the admission or disclosure available to the court from other sources.