Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies if, in relation to a person who is a party to a dispute that is the subject of family dispute resolution, or any other party to that dispute, a family dispute resolution practitioner:
(a) has acted previously in a professional capacity (otherwise than as a family dispute resolution practitioner, a family counsellor or an arbitrator); or
(b) has had a previous commercial dealing; or
(c) is a personal acquaintance.
(2) A family dispute resolution practitioner may provide family dispute resolution services to a party mentioned in subregulation (1) only if:
(a) each party to the family dispute resolution agrees; and
(b) the previous professional dealing (if any) does not relate to any issue in the dispute; and
(c) the previous commercial dealing or acquaintance (if any) is not of a kind that could reasonably be expected to influence the family dispute resolution practitioner in the provision of his or her family dispute resolution services.