Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Despite any other
provision of this Act, a child is not to be summonsed to the hearing of an
application unless —
(a) a
court makes an order allowing the child to be summonsed; or
(b) the
hearing is to be held in the Children’s Court.
(2) A court is not to
make an order under subsection (1)(a) unless the court is satisfied that
exceptional circumstances exist which, in the interests of justice, justify
summonsing the child.
[Section 53F inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 37.]