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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205R

205R .         Evidence — FLA s. 70NEF

        (1)         Evidence of anything said, or of any admission made, by a person attending a post-separation parenting program is not admissible —

            (a)         in any court (whether of a kind referred to in section 8(a) or (b) or otherwise); or

            (b)         in any proceedings before a person authorised by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or Territory, or by the consent of the parties, to hear evidence.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to the following —

            (a)         an admission by an adult that indicates that a child under 18 has been abused or is at risk of abuse;

            (b)         a disclosure by a child under 18 that indicates that the child has been abused or is at risk of abuse,

                unless, in the opinion of the court or person authorised to hear evidence referred to in subsection (1), there is sufficient evidence of the admission or disclosure available to the court from other sources.

        [Section 205R inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 101.]



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