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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 166

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 166

166 .         Order that child be made available for examination — FLA s. 68M

        (1)         This section applies if an independent children’s lawyer is appointed to independently represent a child’s interests in relation to proceedings under this Act.

        (2)         A court may, on application by the independent children’s lawyer, order a person mentioned in subsection (3) to make the child available, as specified in the order, for an examination to be made for the purpose of preparing a report about the child for use by the independent children’s lawyer in connection with the proceedings.

        (3)         The order may be directed to —

            (a)         a parent of the child; or

            (b)         a person with whom the child is to live under a parenting order; or

            (c)         a person with whom the child is to spend time under a parenting order; or

            (d)         a person with whom the child is to communicate under a parenting order; or

            (e)         a person who has parental responsibility for the child.

        [Section 166 inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 137.]

[ 167-172.         Deleted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 137.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 142(1).]