Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL MAGISTRATES ACT 1999 - SECT 93D

             (1)  The Chief Executive Officer may authorise an officer or staff member of the Federal Magistrates Court to provide family counselling under the Family Law Act 1975 .

             (2)  The Chief Executive Officer may authorise an officer or staff member of the Federal Magistrates Court to provide family dispute resolution under the Family Law Act 1975 .

             (3)  If an officer who is a family consultant also becomes a family counsellor, or family dispute resolution practitioner, because of an authorisation under this section:

                     (a)  section 11C of the Family Law Act 1975 (admissibility of communications with family consultants) does not apply to the officer at any time while the officer is acting as a family counsellor or family dispute resolution practitioner; and

                     (b)  the officer must not perform the functions of a family consultant in relation to particular proceedings, if the officer has conducted family counselling or family dispute resolution with a party to those proceedings.