Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 157

157 .         Obligation to notify persons of child’s return — FLA s. 67Y

        (1)         This section applies if —

            (a)         a recovery order that consists of or includes provisions described in section 149(a), (b), (c) or (d) is in force in relation to a child; and

            (b)         the child returns, or is returned, to the person who applied for the order.

        (2)         The person who applied for the order must, as soon as practicable after the child’s return, give notice of the child’s return —

            (a)         to the registrar of the court that issued the recovery order; and

            (b)         if a location order in relation to the child is in force and was applied for by the person, to the person to whom the location order applies.

        [Heading inserted: No. 13 of 2013 s. 16.]