Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Family Law Amendment Act 1983 No. 72 of 1983 - SECT 47

47. After section 91A of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Intervention by child welfare officer

''91B. (1) In any proceedings under this Act that affect, or may affect, the
welfare of a child, the court may request the intervention in the proceedings
of an officer of a State, of a Territory or of the Commonwealth, being the
officer who is responsible for the administration of the laws of the State or
Territory in which the proceedings are being heard that relate to child
welfare.

''(2) Where the court has, under sub-section (1), requested an officer to
intervene in proceedings-

   (a)  the officer may intervene in those proceedings; and

   (b)  where the officer so intervenes, the officer shall be deemed to be a
        party to the proceedings with all the rights, duties and liabilities
        of a party.''.