Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00583:clause:11_19aaa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00583
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 11 cl 19AAA
Character Range: 40567–41764

19AAA  Request for mediation—Federal Magistrates Court

 (1) A person who is:
 (a) the parent or adoptive parent of a child; or
 (b) a child; or
 (c) a party to a marriage; or
 (d) a party to proceedings in the Federal Magistrates Court under this Act;
may ask a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court for the help of a family and child mediator in settling a dispute to which the person is a party.

 (2) If a request is made under subsection (1), a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court must, as far as practicable, arrange for a family and child mediator to mediate the dispute.

 (3) For the purposes of this section, a member of the staff of the Federal Magistrates Court is taken to be an officer of the Federal Magistrates Court.

 (4) For the purposes of this section, a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court is an officer of the Federal Magistrates Court specified in writing by the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Magistrates Court for the purposes of this subsection.

 (5) In this section:

dispute means a dispute about a matter with respect to which proceedings (other than prescribed proceedings) could be instituted under this Act.