FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205SE
FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205SE
205SE . Bonds — FLA s. 70NFE
(1) This section
provides for bonds that a court may require a person to enter into under
section 205SB(2)(b).
(2) A bond is to be
for a specified period of up to 2 years.
(3) A bond may be
—
(a) with
or without surety; and
(b) with
or without security.
(4) The conditions
that may be imposed on a person by a bond include (without limitation)
conditions that require the person —
(a) to
attend an appointment (or a series of appointments) with a family consultant;
or
(b) to
attend family counselling; or
(c) to
attend family dispute resolution; or
(d) to
be of good behaviour.
(5) If a court
proposes to require a person to enter into a bond, it must, before making the
requirement, explain to the person, in language likely to be readily
understood by the person —
(a) the
purpose and effect of the proposed requirement; and
(b) the
consequences that may follow if the person —
(i)
fails to enter into the bond; or
(ii)
having entered into the bond, fails to act in accordance
with the bond.
[Section 205SE inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101.]