Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00583:clause:11_62ca
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00583
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 11 cl 62CA
Character Range: 54353–56049

62CA  Request for counselling—request made through Federal Magistrates Court

 (1) A person who is:
 (a) a party to proceedings under this Part in the Federal Magistrates Court; or
 (b) a person representing a child in the Federal Magistrates Court under an order made under section 68L; or
 (c) the parent of a child; or
 (d) a child;
may ask a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court for the assistance of a family and child counsellor.

 (2) If a request is made under subsection (1), a designated officer of the Federal Magistrates Court must, as far as practicable, arrange for any or all of the following:
 (a) the parties to the proceedings;
 (b) the parents of the child;
 (c) such other persons as the designated officer thinks appropriate;
to be interviewed (with or without the child) by a family and child counsellor or welfare officer to assess whether counselling is appropriate in all the circumstances, and if it is:
 (d) to discuss the care, welfare and development of the child; and
 (e) if there are differences between persons in relation to matters affecting the care, welfare and development of the child, to try to resolve those differences.

 (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.

Note: The heading to section 62C is altered by omitting "court" and substituting "a Family Court".