CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 139
CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 139
139 . Court may require report
(1) The Court may at
any time in the course of protection proceedings require a person to give the
Court a report on any matter relevant to the wellbeing of the child.
(2) The person
referred to in subsection (1) is to be a person appointed by the Court in
accordance with the regulations.
(3) The report must be
in writing unless the Court otherwise directs.
(4) The Court may
specify the particular issues that the report must address but this subsection
does not limit the issues that may be addressed in the report.
(5) A report is
admissible as evidence in protection proceedings.
(6) The Court may give
such weight as it thinks fit to the content of a report admitted under
subsection (5).
(7) The regulations
may —
(a)
provide for and in relation to the appointment of persons for the purposes of
this section; and
(b)
provide for the remuneration and allowances payable to such persons; and
(c)
specify who is liable to pay the costs of a report under this section.