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FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 65Q

Court may issue warrant for arrest of alleged offender

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   a parenting order provides that:

  (i)   a child is to live with a person; or

  (ii)   a child is to spend time with a person; or

  (iii)   a child is to communicate with a person; and

  (b)   a court having jurisdiction under this Part   is satisfied, on application by the person referred to in paragraph   (1)(a), that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person (the alleged offender ) has contravened section   65M, 65N or 65NA in relation to the order; and

  (c)   there is an application before the court for the alleged offender to be dealt with under Division   13A for the alleged contravention; and

  (d)   the court is satisfied that the issue of a warrant is necessary to ensure that the alleged offender will attend before a court to be dealt with under Division   13A for the alleged contravention.

  (2)   The court may issue a warrant authorising a person to whom it is addressed to arrest the alleged offender.

  (3)   A warrant stops being in force:

  (a)   if a date not later than 6 months after the issue of the warrant is specified in the warrant as the date when it stops being in force--on that date; or

  (b)   otherwise--6 months after the issue of the warrant.


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