Western Australian Consolidated Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 5

5 .         Term used: family order

        (1)         A reference in this Act to a family order is a reference to — 

            (a)         a parenting order made under the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth or the Family Court Act 1997 , as is relevant to the case, that deals with —

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

                  (ii)         the time a child is to spend with another person or other persons; or

                  (iii)         the communication a child is to have with another person or other persons;

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         any of the things set out in subsection (2) — 

                  (i)         to the extent that the thing deals with the person or persons with whom a child is to live; or

                  (ii)         to the extent that the thing requires or authorises (expressly or impliedly) contact between a child and another person or other persons;

            (d)         a right or liability within the meaning of the Family Court of Western Australia (Orders of Registrars) Act 1997 of the Commonwealth that — 

                  (i)         is in respect of a matter to which paragraph (a), (b) or (c) applies; and

                  (ii)         is conferred, imposed or affected by section 5 of that Act.

Note:         The effects of the transitional provisions of the Family Law Reform Act 1995 of the Commonwealth apply to rights and liabilities referred to in the Family Court of Western Australia (Orders of Registrars) Act 1997 of the Commonwealth — s.4(5) of the latter Act.

        (2)         The things referred to in subsection (1)(c) are — 

            (a)         a recovery order or any other order (however described) made; or

            (b)         an injunction granted; or

            (c)         an undertaking given to, and accepted by, a court; or

            (d)         a parenting plan, whether registered or not; or

            (e)         a bond entered into in accordance with an order,

                under the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth or the Family Court Act 1997 , as is relevant to the case, or any thing treated, under either of those Acts or the Family Law Reform Act 1995 of the Commonwealth, as an order or thing referred to in subsection (1).

Note:         Under clause 5 of Schedule 2 to the Family Court Act 1997 the effects of the transitional provisions in that clause apply to rights and liabilities referred to in the Family Court (Orders of Registrars) Act 1997 .

        [Section 5 inserted by No. 41 of 1997 s. 36; amended by No. 35 of 2006 s. 207.]