Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441:clause:1_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 17
Character Range: 37990–39935

17  Subsection 63C(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (2) A parenting plan may deal with one or more of the following:
 (a) the person or persons with whom a child is to live;
 (b) the time a child is to spend with another person or other persons;
 (c) the allocation of parental responsibility for a child;
 (d) if 2 or more persons are to share parental responsibility for a child—the form of consultations those persons are to have with one another about decisions to be made in the exercise of that responsibility;
 (e) the communication a child is to have with another person or other persons;
 (f) maintenance of a child;
 (g) the process to be used for resolving disputes about the terms or operation of the plan;
 (h) the process to be used for changing the plan to take account of the changing needs or circumstances of the child or the parties to the plan;
 (i) any aspect of the care, welfare or development of the child or any other aspect of parental responsibility for a child.

Note: Paragraph (f)—if the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 applies, provisions in a parenting plan dealing with the maintenance of a child (as distinct from child support under that Act) are unenforceable and of no effect unless the provisions in the plan are a child support agreement (see section 63CAA and subsection 63G(5) of this Act).

 (2A) The person referred to in subsection (2) may be, or the persons referred to in that subsection may include, either a parent of the child or a person other than the parent of the child (including a grandparent or other relative of the child).

 (2B) Without limiting paragraph (2)(c), the plan may deal with the allocation of responsibility for making decisions about major long‑term issues in relation to the child.

 (2C) The communication referred to in paragraph (2)(e) includes (but is not limited to) communication by:
 (a) letter; and
 (b) telephone, email or any other electronic means.