Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In giving effect
to the principles in section 202B, the court must —
(aa) ask
each party to the proceedings —
(i)
whether the party considers that the child concerned has
been, or is at risk of being, subjected to, or exposed to, abuse, neglect or
family violence; and
(ii)
whether the party considers that he or she, or another
party to the proceedings, has been, or is at risk of being, subjected to
family violence;
and
(a)
decide which of the issues in the proceedings require full investigation and
hearing and which may be disposed of summarily; and
(b)
decide the order in which the issues are to be decided; and
(c) give
directions or make orders about the timing of steps that are to be taken in
the proceedings; and
(d) in
deciding whether a particular step is to be taken, consider whether the likely
benefits of taking the step justify the costs of taking it; and
(e) make
appropriate use of technology; and
(f) if
the court considers it appropriate, encourage the parties to use family
dispute resolution or family counselling; and
(g) deal
with as many aspects of the matter as it can on a single occasion; and
(h) deal
with the matter, where appropriate, without requiring the parties’
physical attendance at court.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not limit section 202B(1).
(3) A failure to
comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate an order.
[Section 202E inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 105;
amended: No. 13 of 2013 s. 20.]