Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FAMILY LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1979 No. 23 of 1979 - SECT 10

10. Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) all the words to the end of paragraph
        (b) and substituting ''Where, in any proceedings under this Act, the
        welfare of a child who has not attained the age of 18 years is
        relevant,'';

(b) by inserting in sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) ''court counsellor or''
before ''welfare officer''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (4) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(4) In proceedings of a kind referred to in sub-section (1), the court may
obtain from a court counsellor or welfare officer a report on such matters
relevant to the proceedings as the court thinks desirable, and may receive the
report in evidence, and the court may, if it thinks necessary, adjourn the
proceedings for the purpose of obtaining such a report.''.