Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00087:clause:2_10pa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00087
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 10PA
Character Range: 22015–23004

10PA  Admissibility of communications in post‑separation parenting programs
 (1) Evidence of anything said, or of any admission made, by a person attending a post‑separation parenting program is not admissible:
 (a) in any court (whether exercising federal jurisdiction or not); or
 (b) in any proceedings before a person authorised by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, or by the consent of the parties, to hear evidence.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the following:
 (a) an admission by an adult that indicates that a child under 18 has been abused or is at risk of abuse;
 (b) a disclosure by a child under 18 that indicates that the child has been abused or is at risk of abuse;
unless, in the opinion of the court, there is sufficient evidence of the admission or disclosure available to the court from other sources.
Note: A court may make an order directing a person to attend a post‑separation parenting program under subsection 65LA(1) or 70NBD(1).