Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Court may at
any time in the course of protection proceedings make an interim order.
(2A) Except in the
case of an interim order (secure care), an interim order may be made —
(a) on
the Court’s own initiative; or
(b) on
the application of a party.
(2B) An interim order
(secure care) may be made only on the application of the CEO.
(2) An interim order
is an order as to any one or more of the following —
(a) that
the child is to be returned to, placed with, or remain with a parent of the
child;
(b) that
the child is to be taken into, or remain in, provisional protection and care;
(ca) if
the child is in provisional protection and care, that —
(i)
the CEO is to make a secure care arrangement in respect
of the child; or
(ii)
a secure care arrangement made by the CEO in respect of
the child is to continue;
(c) that
the child is to be placed with a person approved by the Court following a
report, whether oral or written, from the CEO as to the person’s
suitability;
(d) that
the child or any other party undergo counselling;
(e) that
a parent of the child or any other person specified in the order who has been
providing day-to-day care for the child is to give to the CEO personal
possessions of the child that are specified in the order;
(f)
contact between the child and a parent, sibling, other member of the
child’s family or other person who is significant in the child’s
life, including that a person specified in the order is not to have contact
(whether direct or indirect) with the child;
(g) any
other matter that the Court considers appropriate.
(3) If the Court makes
an interim order that the child is to be taken into provisional protection and
care, the Court may issue a warrant (provisional protection and care).
Note for this subsection:
Section 123 contains
provisions about the effect of a warrant (provisional protection and care).
[Section 133 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 18; No. 18
of 2021 s. 60.]