Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies if —
(a) a
parenting order provides that —
(i)
a child is to live with a person; or
(ii)
a child is to spend time with a person; or
(iii)
a child is to communicate with a person;
and
(b) a
court is satisfied, on application by the person referred to in subsection
(1)(a), that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person (the
alleged offender ) has contravened section 96, 97 or 98 in relation to the
order; and
(c)
there is an application before the court for the alleged offender to be dealt
with under Division 13 for the alleged contravention; and
(d) the
court is satisfied that the issue of a warrant is necessary to ensure that the
alleged offender will attend before a court to be dealt with under Division 13
for the alleged contravention.
(2) A court referred
to in subsection (1) may issue a warrant authorising a person to whom it is
addressed to arrest the alleged offender.
(3) A warrant stops
being in force —
(a) if a
date not later than 6 months after the issue of the warrant is specified in
the warrant as the date when it stops being in force, on that date; or
(b)
otherwise, 6 months after the issue of the warrant.
[Section 99 amended: No. 25 of 2002 s. 9; No. 35
of 2006 s. 153.]