Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859:clause:1_111cw
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00859
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 111CW
Character Range: 965061–966233

111CW  Court proceedings dealing with whom a child spends time with
 (1) A court hearing proceedings under Part VII (Children) or regulations made for the purposes of section 111B dealing with:
 (a) whom a child is to spend time with; or
 (b) whom a child is to communicate with;
must admit into evidence and consider the findings (if any) of a competent authority of a Convention country on the suitability of a parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.
 (2) The court may adjourn the proceedings pending the outcome of a request by a parent of the child to a competent authority of a Convention country for a finding on the suitability of the parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.
 (3) On the application of a parent who is an Australian resident seeking to have, or to continue to have, a child spend time with or communicate with the parent, a court may:
 (a) admit evidence; and
 (b) make a finding on the suitability of that parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with; and
 (c) specify conditions on which the child is to spend time with or communicate with the person.