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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 218

218 .         Leave for child to be examined medically etc. — FLA s. 102A(3)

        (1)         A person may apply to a court to obtain the court’s leave for a child to be examined within the meaning of section 217(4).

        (2)         On an application under subsection (1), in considering whether to give leave for a child to be examined, a court must have regard to the following matters —

            (a)         whether the proposed examination is likely to provide relevant information that is unlikely to be obtained otherwise;

            (b)         whether the person who will conduct the proposed examination is suitably qualified to conduct the examination;

            (c)         whether any distress likely to be caused to the child by the proposed examination will be outweighed by the value of the information that might be obtained from the examination;

            (d)         any distress already caused to the child by any previous examination associated with the proceedings or with related proceedings;

            (e)         any other matter that the court thinks is relevant.



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