Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00118:clause:1_24:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00118
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 24 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 16604–17697

companion animal.
Note: For companion animal, see subsection 4(1).
 (7) In considering what order (if any) should be made under this section with respect to the ownership of property that is a companion animal, the court is to take into account the following considerations, so far as they are relevant:
 (a) the circumstances in which the companion animal was acquired;
 (b) who has ownership or possession of the companion animal;
 (c) the extent to which each party cared for, and paid for the maintenance of, the companion animal;
 (d) any family violence to which one party has subjected or exposed the other party;
 (e) any history of actual or threatened cruelty or abuse by a party towards the companion animal;
 (f) any attachment by a party, or a child of the marriage, to the companion animal;
 (g) the demonstrated ability of each party to care for and maintain the companion animal in the future, without support or involvement from the other party;
 (h) any other fact or circumstance which, in the opinion of the court, the justice of the case requires to be taken into account.