Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 429

    (1)     A cross-application for a care and protection order must state—

        (a)     the provisions that the applicant proposes to have included in the order, the proposed different terms in the provisions in the order or the proposed different order; and

        (b)     for a cross-application for a different provision, terms or order in a care and protection order—

              (i)     the draft different provision, terms or order; and

              (ii)     why the different provision, terms or order would be in the best interests of the child or young person.

Note     The Childrens Court may also include a provision in a care and protection order whether or not anyone applied, or cross-applied, for it (see  s 383).

    (2)     A cross-application for a care and protection order with a parental responsibility provision must also state—

        (a)     whether parental responsibility is proposed to be shared or transferred; and

        (b)     each person who is to share parental responsibility; and

        (c)     each person to whom parental responsibility is to be transferred.