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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.]