Western Australian Current Acts

FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 205ZHA

205ZHA .         Notification of criminal confiscation orders etc. — FLA s. 79B

        (1)         If —

            (a)         a person makes an application for an order, under this Division, with respect to —

                  (i)         the property of de facto partners, or either of them; or

                  (ii)         the maintenance of a de facto partner;

                and

            (b)         the person knows that the property of the de facto partners, or either of them is the subject of —

                  (i)         a criminal confiscation order; or

                  (ii)         an application for a confiscation declaration,

                the person must —

            (c)         disclose in the application the criminal confiscation order or application for a confiscation declaration; and

            (d)         give to the court a sealed copy of that order or declaration.

        Penalty: $5 500.

        (2)         If —

            (a)         a person is a party to a proceeding under this Division; and

            (b)         the person is notified by the DPP that the property of the de facto parties, or either of them, is subject to —

                  (i)         a criminal confiscation order; or

                  (ii)         an application for a confiscation declaration,

                the person must notify the Registry Manager in writing of the criminal confiscation order or the application for a confiscation declaration.

        Penalty: $5 500.

        [Section 205ZHA inserted: No. 35 of 2006 s. 44.]