Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 No. 53 of 1975 - SECT 12

12. (1) A voluntary organization may apply to the Attorney-General for
approval under this Part as a marriage counselling organiz- ation.

(2) The Attorney-General may approve any such organization as a marriage
counselling organization where he is satisfied that-

   (a)  the organization is willing and able to engage in marriage
        counselling; and

   (b)  marriage counselling constitutes or will constitute the whole or the
        major part of its activities.

(3) The approval of an organization under this section may be given subject to
such conditions as the Attorney-General determines.

(4) Where the approval of an organization has been given subject to
conditions, the Attorney-General may, from time to time, revoke or vary all or
any of those conditions or add further conditions.

(5) An approval of a voluntary organization under Part II of the repealed Act
shall be deemed to be an approval under this section.

(6) The Attorney-General may, at any time, revoke the approval of an
organization where-

   (a)  the organization has not complied with a condition of the approval of
        the organization;

   (b)  the organization has not furnished, in accordance with section 13, a
        statement or report that the organization was required by that section
        to furnish; or

   (c)  the Attorney-General is satisfied that the organization is not
        adequately carrying out marriage counselling.

(7) Notice of the approval of an organization under this section, and of the
revocation of such an approval, shall be published in the Gazette.