Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441:clause:1_65dac
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 65DAC
Character Range: 55090–56180

65DAC  Effect of parenting order that provides for shared parental responsibility

 (1) This section applies if, under a parenting order:
 (a) 2 or more persons are to share parental responsibility for a child; and
 (b) the exercise of that parental responsibility involves making a decision about a major long‑term issue in relation to the child.

 (2) The order is taken to require the decision to be made jointly by those persons.

Note: Subject to any court orders, decisions about issues that are not major long‑term issues are made by the person with whom the child is spending time without a need to consult the other person (see section 65DAE).

 (3) The order is taken to require each of those persons:
 (a) to consult the other person in relation to the decision to be made about that issue; and
 (b) to make a genuine effort to come to a joint decision about that issue.

 (4) To avoid doubt, this section does not require any other person to establish, before acting on a decision about the child communicated by one of those persons, that the decision has been made jointly.