FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 65O

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 65O

65O .         Court may determine questions of law referred by arbitrator — FLA s. 13G

        (1)         An arbitrator of section 65M arbitration or relevant property or financial arbitration may, at any time before making an award in the arbitration, refer a question of law arising in relation to the arbitration for determination by a single judge of the Court.

        (2)         The arbitrator may do so —

            (a)         on his or her own initiative; or

            (b)         at the request of one or more of the parties to the arbitration if the arbitrator considers it appropriate to do so.

        (3)         The arbitrator must not make an award in the arbitration before the judge or Family Law Magistrate has either —

            (a)         determined the question of law; or

            (b)         remitted the matter to the arbitrator having found that no question of law arises.

        [Section 65O inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 115.]