Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 113

113 Court may allow non-parties to take part in proceedings

(1) This section applies in relation to a proceeding on an application for an order for a child.

(2) On application by a person who is not a party, the court may, by order, allow the person to take part in the proceeding by doing all or some of the things that a party is or may be allowed to do.

(3) Before deciding the application, the court must—

(a) give the other parties a reasonable opportunity to make submissions about the person’s participation; and

(b) consider—

(i) the extent to which the person may be able to inform the court about a matter relevant to the proceeding; and

(ii) the person’s relationship with the child.

(4) An order allowing the person to take part in the proceeding—

(a) must state—

(i) how the person may take part; and

(ii) whether the participation is allowed until the proceeding ends or only for a stated part of the proceeding; and

(b) may be subject to conditions; and

(c) may require the person to do a thing that a party is or may be required to do; and

(d) may provide that a stated provision of this Act, or all provisions, apply in relation to the person as if the person were a party.

(5) This Act applies in relation to the person, as if the person were a party, to the extent provided in the order.

(6) The person may be represented by a lawyer for the purpose of taking part in the proceeding.