FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 219AC

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 219AC

219AC .         Appearance of persons — FLA s. 102D

        (1)         A court or a judge may, for the purposes of any proceedings, direct or allow a person to appear before the court or the judge by way of video link, audio link or other appropriate means.

        (2)         The power conferred on a court or a judge by subsection (1) may be exercised —

            (a)         on the application of a party to the proceedings concerned; or

            (b)         on the court’s own initiative or on the judge’s own initiative, as the case may be.

        (3)         This section applies whether the person appearing is in or outside Australia, but does not apply if the person appearing is in New Zealand.

        [Section 219AC inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 19.]