Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 515

    (1)     The Family Division has jurisdiction to hear and determine an application for—

        (a)     an interim accommodation order; or

        (b)     a finding that a child is in need of protection; or

S. 515(1)(c) amended by No. 61/2014 s. 84(1).

        (c)     a finding that there is a substantial and presently irreconcilable difference between the person who has parental responsibility for a child and the child to such an extent that the care and control of the child are likely to be seriously disrupted; or

S. 515(1)(ca) inserted by No. 8/2016 s. 22(4).

        (ca)     a care by Secretary order applied for under section 289(1A); or

S. 515(1)(cb) inserted by No. 8/2016 s. 22(4).

        (cb)     a long-term care order applied for under section 290(1A); or

        (d)     a permanent care order; or

        (e)     a therapeutic treatment order; or

        (f)     a therapeutic treatment (placement) order; or

        (g)     a temporary assessment order; or

        (h)     the variation or revocation of—

              (i)     a therapeutic treatment order; or

              (ii)     a therapeutic treatment (placement) order; or

              (iii)     a temporary assessment order; or

              (i)     the variation of an interim accommodation order; or

S. 515(1)(j) substituted by No. 61/2014 s. 84(2).

        (j)     the variation or revocation of—

              (i)     a family preservation order; or

              (ii)     a family reunification order; or

              (iii)     a permanent care order; or

S. 515(1)(k) substituted by No. 61/2014 s. 84(2).

        (k)     the extension of—

              (i)     a family preservation order; or

              (ii)     a family reunification order; or

              (iii)     a care by Secretary order; or

S. 515(1)(l) substituted by No. 61/2014 s. 84(2).

        (l)     the revocation of—

              (i)     a care by Secretary order; or

              (ii)     a long-term care order; or

S. 515(1)(m) substituted by No. 61/2014 s. 84(2).

        (m)     an order in respect of a failure to comply with an interim accommodation order; or

S. 515(1)(n) amended by No. 61/2014 s. 84(3).

        (n)     an order regarding the exercise of any right, power or duty vested in a person as a person with joint parental responsibility for a child; or

S. 515(1)(o) amended by No. 47/2021 s. 25(2)(a).

        (o)     an order arising out of a child protection proceeding within the meaning of Schedule 1 transferred to the Court under an interstate law within the meaning of that Schedule; or

S. 515(1)(p) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 25(2)(b).

        (p)     the making, variation, extension or revocation of a support and engagement order within the meaning of Part 4A of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 in respect of a child.

S. 515(2) amended by Nos 52/2008 s. 236, 68/2008 s. 65, 53/2010 s. 221(Sch. item 2.2), 42/2014 s. 109, 53/2016 s. 89.

    (2)     The jurisdiction given by subsection (1) is additional to the jurisdiction given to the Family Division by Schedule 1 or by an interstate law within the meaning of that Schedule or by the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016 or the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 or by the Vexatious Proceedings Act 2014 in relation to intervention order legislation within the meaning of that Act.

S. 515(3) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 25(3).

    (3)     The Family Division also has jurisdiction with respect to review hearings under Subdivision 4 of Division 5 of Part 4A of the  Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 in respect of a child.

S. 515(4) inserted by No. 1/2022 s. 122.

    (4)     The Family Division has any jurisdiction given to the Court by or under the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth.