Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:section:60i:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 60I (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 230453–231957

(d) the application is made in circumstances of urgency; or
 (e) one or more of the parties to the proceedings is unable to participate effectively in family dispute resolution (whether because of an incapacity of some kind, physical remoteness from dispute resolution services or for some other reason); or
 (f) other circumstances specified in the regulations are satisfied.

Referral to family dispute resolution when exception applies
 (10) If:
 (a) a person applies for a Part VII order; and
 (b) the person does not, before applying for the order, attend family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution practitioner and the other party or parties to the proceedings in relation to the issue or issues that the order would deal with; and
 (c) subsection (7) does not apply to the application because of subsection (9);
the court must consider making an order that the person attend family dispute resolution with a family dispute resolution practitioner and the other party or parties to the proceedings in relation to that issue or those issues.
 (11) The validity of:
 (a) proceedings on an application for a Part VII order; or
 (b) any order made in those proceedings;
is not affected by a failure to comply with subsection (7) in relation to those proceedings.
 (12) In this section:
dispute resolution provisions of the Family Law Rules 2004 means:
 (a) Rule 1.05 of those Rules; and
 (b) Part 2 of Schedule 1 to those Rules;
to the extent to which they deal with dispute resolution.