Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 53C

53C .         Child who gives evidence entitled to support

        (1)         A child giving oral evidence in any proceedings under this Act in accordance with section 53A is entitled to have near to him or her a person, or more than one person, to provide support.

        (2)         A person to provide support is to be approved by the court and is not to be a person who is a witness in, or a party to, the proceedings.

        [Section 53C inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 37.]