Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 11J

  (1)   A report that relates to a child is a designated family report if:

  (a)   the report is prepared following a family assessment (which usually includes the report's preparer meeting with the child and others significant to the child's care, welfare and development and, if appropriate, advising of the child's views); and

  (b)   the report sets out the expert views and advice of the report's preparer on parenting arrangements for the purposes of parenting orders being made by the court in relation to the child; and

  (c)   the report is both:

  (i)   covered by subsection   (2); and

  (ii)   not excluded by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.

  (2)   This subsection covers the following reports:

  (a)   a report prepared for the court by a family consultant in relation to an appointment (or a series of appointments) a party to proceedings has been directed to attend, or to arrange for a child to attend, with the family consultant under section   11F;

  (b)   a report prepared for the court by a family consultant for the purposes of subsection   55A(2) (report regarding arrangements for the care, welfare and development of a child of a marriage);

  (c)   a report prepared by a family consultant at the direction of the court under subsection   62G(2) (direction to give report in relation to proceedings in which the care, welfare and development of a child under 18 is relevant);

  (d)   a report about a child prepared for the use of an independent children's lawyer as mentioned in subsection   68M(2);

  (e)   any other report prepared for parties to proceedings before the court, or for the court for the purposes of proceedings before the court.