Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1)1
Select Legislative Instrument 2009 No. 18
I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Family Law Act 1975.
Dated 5 February 2009
QUENTIN BRYCE
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
ROBERT McCLELLAND
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Amendment Regulations 2009 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on 1 March 2009.
3 Amendment of Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2008
Schedule 1 amends the Family Law (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners) Regulations 2008.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 1
substitute
Schedule 1 Certificate by family dispute resolution practitioner
(regulation 27)
Certificate by family dispute resolution practitioner — section 60I of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
Dispute about matters that may be dealt with under
Part VII of the Act between
__________________________________________________________
(parties)
in relation to
__________________________________________________________
(issues in dispute)
I, _______________________, (*Name of family dispute resolution practitioner)
state (select only one of the following paragraphs):
(a) _______________________ (party or parties) did not attend family dispute resolution with me and the other party or parties to the proceedings but that person’s failure to do so was due to the refusal, or the failure, of the other party or parties to the proceedings to attend.
(b) _______________________ (party or parties) did not attend family dispute resolution with me and the other party or parties to the proceedings because I consider, having regard to the matters mentioned in subregulation 25 (2), that it would not be appropriate to conduct the proposed family dispute resolution.
(c) _______________________ (parties) attended family dispute resolution with me and all attendees made a genuine effort to resolve the issue or issues in dispute.
(d) _______________________ (party or parties) attended family dispute resolution with me and the other party or parties to the proceedings but _______________________ (party or parties) did not make a genuine effort to resolve the issue or issues in dispute.
(e) _______________________ (party or parties) began attending family dispute resolution with me and the other party or parties to the proceedings but I consider, having regard to the matters mentioned in subregulation 25 (2), that it would not be appropriate to continue the family dispute resolution.
| (*Name of family dispute resolution practitioner) |
| (**Signature of family dispute resolution practitioner) |
| (Registration number) |
| (Organisation, if applicable) |
| (Date of certificate) |
| (Date of last attempted attendance at family dispute resolution (for (a) or (b)) |
| OR |
| (Date of last attendance at family dispute resolution (for (c), (d) or (e)) |
*The family dispute resolution practitioner has the discretion to give, or not to give, his or her surname.
**The family dispute resolution practitioner has the discretion to sign, or not to sign, the certificate.
Note
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