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and substituting "any";

    (e) by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "approved", "approved mediator" and "marriage counsellor";

    (f) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "financial or custodial proceedings";

    (g) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

   " 'approved counselling organisation' has the meaning given by subsection 12(1);

   'approved mediation organisation' has the meaning given by subsection 12(2);

   'child counselling' means counselling to:

       (a) discuss the care, welfare or development of a child; or

       (b) discuss, and try to resolve, differences between persons that affect the care, welfare or development of a child;

   'community mediator' means a person referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of 'family and child mediator';

   'court mediator' means a person referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'family and child mediator';

   'family and child counselling' means any of the following kinds of counselling:

       (a) marriage counselling;

       (b) child counselling;

       (c) counselling about any matter that arises out of proceedings under this Act and that involves:

(i) a parent or adoptive parent of a child; or

(ii) a child; or

(iii) a party to a marriage;

   'family and child counsellor' means:

(a) a court counsellor; or

       (b) a person authorised by an approved counselling organisation to offer family and child counselling on behalf of the organisation; or

(c) a person authorised under the regulations to offer family and child counselling;

   'family and child mediation' means mediation of any dispute that could be the subject of proceedings (other than prescribed proceedings) under this Act and that involves:

(a) a parent or adoptive parent of a child; or

(b) a child; or

(c) a party to a marriage;

   'family and child mediator' means:

(a) a person approved as a mediator under regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or

       (b) a person authorised by an approved mediation organisation to offer family and child mediation on behalf of the organisation; or

       (c) a person, other than a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), who offers family and child mediation;

   'private mediator' means a person referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of 'family and child mediator';";

(h) by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

   " 'child maintenance order' has the meaning given by subsection 64B(5);

   'contact order' has the meaning given by subsection 64B(4);

   'financial or Part VII proceedings' means proceedings (being, unless the context otherwise requires, proceedings under this Act) of a kind referred to in any of paragraphs (c) to (eb) of the definition of ' matrimonial cause ' in this subsection or proceedings under Part VII;

   'has', in relation to a residence order, a contact order or a specific issues order, has the meaning given by subsection