CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 153
CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 153
153 . Court to facilitate party’s participation in proceedings
(1) In protection
proceedings the Court must, as far as is practicable, ensure that each party
understands the nature, purpose and legal implications of the proceedings and
of any order or decision of the Court.
(2) If the Court is
satisfied that a party —
(a) is a
person who has difficulty understanding or communicating in English; or
(b) is a
person whose disability prevents or restricts the party’s understanding
of, or participation in, protection proceedings,
the Court must take
reasonable steps to ensure that the services of an interpreter or other
appropriate person are made available to the party during the proceedings to
facilitate the party’s understanding of, or participation in, the
proceedings.
(3) Nothing in this
section is to be taken to affect the operation of the Children’s Court
of Western Australia Act 1988 section 34(1).
[Section 153 amended: No. 18 of 2021 s. 66.]