Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The court, in
exercising its powers under this Division, may do any or all of the following
—
(a)
order payment of a lump sum, whether in one amount or by instalments;
(b)
order payment of a weekly, monthly, yearly or other periodic sum;
(c)
order that a specified transfer or settlement of property be made by way of
maintenance for a de facto partner;
(d)
order that payment of any sum ordered to be paid be wholly or partly secured
in such manner as the court directs;
(e)
order that any necessary deed or instrument be executed and that such
documents of title be produced or such other things be done as are necessary
to enable an order to be carried out effectively or to provide security for
the due performance of an order;
(f)
appoint or remove trustees;
(g)
order that payments be made direct to a de facto partner, to a trustee to be
appointed or into court or to a public authority for the benefit of the de
facto partner;
(h) make
a permanent order, an order pending the disposal of proceedings or an order
for a fixed term or for a life or during joint lives or until further order;
(i)
impose terms and conditions;
(j) make
an order by consent;
(k) make
any other order (whether or not of the same nature as those mentioned in the
preceding paragraphs), which it thinks it is necessary to make to do justice;
(l)
subject to this Act and the rules, make an order under this Division at any
time.
(2) The making of an
order of a kind referred to in subsection (1)(c), or of any other order under
this Division, in relation to the maintenance of a de facto partner does not
prevent a court from making a subsequent order in relation to the maintenance
of the partner.
(3) The rules may make
provision with respect to the making of orders under this Division in relation
to the maintenance of de facto partners (whether as to their form or
otherwise) for the purpose of facilitating their enforcement and the
collection of maintenance payable under them.
(4) If a bankruptcy
trustee is a party to a proceeding before the court, the court may make an
order under subsection (1)(e) directed to the bankrupt.
(5) If the trustee of
a personal insolvency agreement is a party to a proceeding before the court,
the court may make an order under subsection (1)(e) directed to the debtor
subject to the personal insolvency agreement.
(6) Subsections (4)
and (5) do not limit subsection (1)(e).
[Section 205ZI inserted: No. 25 of 2002 s. 47;
amended: No. 28 of 2022 s. 21.]