Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Court may at
any time in the course of protection proceedings make an order referring the
application the subject of those proceedings to a conference.
(2) The purpose of a
pre-hearing conference is to give the parties to the proceedings an
opportunity to discuss, and reach agreement on, any matter relevant to the
application.
(3) The Court must fix
a day, time and place for the pre-hearing conference.
(4) A pre-hearing
conference must be presided over by —
(a) a
judge or magistrate; or
(b) a
convenor appointed by the Court in accordance with the regulations.
(5) At the conclusion
of a pre-hearing conference the person who presided over the conference must
report to the Court on its outcome unless that person is also the judge or
magistrate who ordered the conference under subsection (1).
(6) The regulations
may —
(a)
provide for the appointment of convenors; and
(b)
provide for the remuneration and allowances payable to convenors; and
(c)
prescribe the classes of people who may attend a pre-hearing conference; and
(d)
confer power on the Court to order the attendance of people at pre-hearing
conferences; and
(e)
provide for the procedure at pre-hearing conferences.
[Section 136 amended: No. 8 of 2009 s. 32(3).]