Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 307L

307L Children giving evidence or expressing views to tribunal

(1) This section applies if a child is giving evidence or expressing the child’s views to the tribunal.

(2) Only the following persons may be present while the child gives evidence or expresses the child’s views—

(a) the members constituting the tribunal for the proceeding;

(b) the lawyer, if any, representing the child;

(c) the separate representative, if any, for the child;

(d) the child’s support person if the child has a support person and agrees to that person’s presence.

(3) Despite subsection (2) , the child may elect to give evidence or express the child’s views in the presence of the parties and their representatives if the child—

(a) is 12 years or more; and

(b) is represented by a lawyer or a separate representative.