Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 99

99 .         Court may issue warrant for arrest of alleged offender — FLA s. 65Q

        (1)         This section applies if — 

            (a)         a parenting order provides that —

                  (i)         a child is to live with a person; or

                  (ii)         a child is to spend time with a person; or

                  (iii)         a child is to communicate with a person;

                and

            (b)         a court is satisfied, on application by the person referred to in subsection (1)(a), that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person (the alleged offender ) has contravened section 96, 97 or 98 in relation to the order; and

            (c)         there is an application before the court for the alleged offender to be dealt with under Division 13 for the alleged contravention; and

            (d)         the court is satisfied that the issue of a warrant is necessary to ensure that the alleged offender will attend before a court to be dealt with under Division 13 for the alleged contravention.

        (2)         A court referred to in subsection (1) may issue a warrant authorising a person to whom it is addressed to arrest the alleged offender.

        (3)         A warrant stops being in force — 

            (a)         if a date not later than 6 months after the issue of the warrant is specified in the warrant as the date when it stops being in force, on that date; or

            (b)         otherwise, 6 months after the issue of the warrant.

        [Section 99 amended by No. 25 of 2002 s. 9; No. 35 of 2006 s. 153.]