Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 65H

65H .         Obligations on family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and arbitrators — FLA s. 12G

        (1)         A family counsellor, family dispute resolution practitioner or arbitrator who deals with a person considering instituting financial or Part 5 proceedings in relation to a relationship covered by this Act must give the person (and in appropriate cases, that person’s de facto partner) documents containing the information prescribed under section 65D.

        (2)         A family counsellor, family dispute resolution practitioner or arbitrator does not have to comply with subsection (1), if he or she —

            (a)         has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has already been given documents containing the prescribed information; or

            (b)         considers that there is no reasonable possibility of a reconciliation between the de facto partners.

        [Section 65H inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 115.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 115.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 115.]