Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05014:section:6:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A05014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 7/86)
Character Range: 72030–76241

• the concept of parental responsibility
 3               Division 3—Counselling etc.
                 • counselling of people in relation to matters affecting children
                 • preparation of reports for use in proceedings relating to children under 18
                 • provision of documents about counselling and welfare
 4               Division 4—Parenting plans
                 • what parenting plans are and their registration in courts
 5               Division 5—Parenting orders—what they are
                 • what parenting orders are
 6               Division 6—Parenting orders other than child maintenance orders
                 • applying for and making parenting orders, other than child maintenance orders
                 • general obligations created by residence orders, contact orders and specific issues orders
                 • dealing with people who have been arrested
                   • obligations under parenting orders, other than child maintenance orders, relating to taking or sending children from Australia

OUTLINE OF PART—continued
 7                                                                                              Division 7—Child maintenance orders
                                                                                                • objects and principles relevant to the making of child maintenance orders
• the relationship between Division 7 and the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
• applying for and making child maintenance orders
• other aspects of courts' powers in relation to child maintenance orders
• when child maintenance orders stop being in force
 8                                                                                              Division 8—Other matters relating to children
                                                                                                   • liability of a father to contribute towards child bearing expenses if he is not married to the child's mother
• orders for the location and recovery of children
• reporting of allegations of child abuse
• other orders about children
 9                                                                                              Division 9—Injunctions
• proceedings for injunctions in relation to children
 10                                                                                             Division 10—The best interests of children and the representation of children
• determining what is in a child's best interests (including in situations of family violence)
• separate representation of children
 11                                                                                             Division 11—Family violence
                                                                                                • the relationship between certain contact orders etc. and family violence orders
 12                                                                                             Division 12—Proceedings and jurisdiction
• institution of proceedings and procedure
• jurisdiction of courts
• presumptions of parentage
• parentage evidence
• places and people to which this Part extends and applies
 13                                                                                             Division 13—State, Territory and overseas orders
• registration of State and Territory orders dealing with children
• registration of overseas orders dealing with children
• transmission of Australian orders to overseas jurisdictions
 14                                                                                             Division 14—Miscellaneous
• miscellaneous matters relating to children

"Subdivision C—Interpretation and application of Part

Defined expressions

"60D.(1) In this Part:

'abuse', in relation to a child, means:

    (a) an assault, including a sexual assault, of the child which is an offence under a law, written or unwritten, in force in the State or Territory in which the act constituting the assault occurs; or

    (b) a person involving the child in a sexual activity with that person or another person in which the child is used, directly or indirectly,