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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 272

Order requiring undertaking

S. 272(1) amended by No. 48/2006 s. 17.

    (1)     In a proceeding on a protection application or on an irreconcilable difference application, the Court may make an order under this Division requiring a person to give an undertaking.

    (2)     The order may require—

        (a)     the child; or

        (b)     the child's parent; or

        (c)     the person with whom the child is living—

to enter into an undertaking in writing to do or refrain from doing the thing or things specified in the undertaking for the period specified in the undertaking.

    (3)     The period specified in the undertaking must be a period not exceeding 6 months or, if the Court is satisfied that there are special circumstances which warrant the making of an order for such a period, exceeding 6 months but not exceeding 12 months.

    (4)     An undertaking may include any conditions that the Court considers to be in the best interests of the child.

    (5)     The Court may only make an order requiring a person to enter into an undertaking if that person consents to the making of the order.



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