Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 52 OF 2013)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS TO CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005

   3.      Principal Act  
   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Best interests principles  
   6.      When is a child in need of protection?  
   7.      What is a case plan?  
   8.      What is a stability plan?  
   9.      Conduct of proceedings in Family Division  
   10.     New section 215A inserted  
   11.     New section 215B inserted  
   12.     New section 216A inserted  
   13.     Division heading amended  
   14.     Referral of application to dispute resolution conference  
   15.     What is a facilitative conference?  
   16.     Section 219 repealed  
   17.     Guidelines for dispute resolution conferences  
   18.     Time and place of dispute resolution conference  
   19.     Who is to attend a dispute resolution conference?  
   20.     Report to Court by convenor  
   21.     Court to consider report of convenor  
   22.     Immunity of participants  
   23.     Confidentiality of dispute resolution conferences  
   24.     Dispute resolution convenors  
   25.     Action by protective intervener  
   26.     Protective intervener may take child in need of protection into safe custody  
   27.     Actions on taking child into safe custody  
   28.     Making a protection application without taking child into safe custody  
   29.     Issue of search warrant if child does not appear  
   30.     New section 247A inserted  
   31.     Therapeutic treatment (placement) order  
   32.     Proceeding on application if party does not appear  
   33.     Interim accommodation order  
   34.     Conditions of interim accommodation order  
   35.     Application for variation of interim accommodation order  
   36.     Procedure on breach of interim accommodation order  
   37.     Application for new interim accommodation order  
   38.     Custody to third party order  
   39.     Supervised custody order  
   40.     Custody to Secretary order  
   41.     Interim protection order  
   42.     Matters to be taken into account  
   43.     Breach of protection order—notice to appear  
   44.     Taking child into safe custody when notice is served  
   45.     Taking child into safe custody without notice  
   46.     Section 315 amended  
   47.     Interim protection order expires on making of interim accommodation order  
   48.     Decision of Court  
   49.     Permanent care order  
   50.     Breach of undertaking  
   51.     Breach of bond  
   52.     Bail  
   53.     Offences in relation to community service etc.  
   54.     New section 528A  
   55.     Section 587 substituted  
   56.     Powers of Secretary in relation to medical services and operations  
   57.     Heading to Part 8.3 substituted  
   58.     Circumstances in which child may be taken into safe custody  
   59.     Persons whose consent is required  
   60.     Statute law revision  
   61.     New sections 624 to 626 inserted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008

   62.     Court may close proceeding to public  
   63.     Attendance at court of author of assessment report  
   64.     Notice of appeal  
   65.     Person giving report may be required to attend hearing  
   66.     New section 147A inserted  
   67.     Application of Magistrates' Court Act 1989 and rules  
   68.      Application for leave to appeal under Division 9 of Part 4 by vexatious litigant  
   69.     New Division 8 of Part 14 inserted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENTS TO PERSONAL SAFETY INTERVENTION ORDERS ACT 2010

   70.     Definitions  
   71.     Registrar may provide mediation information  
   72.     Court may close proceeding to public  
   73.     Attendance at court of author of assessment report  
   74.     Who may apply to vary, revoke or extend personal safety intervention order  
   75.     Notice of appeal  
   76.     New section 104A inserted  
   77.     Costs  
   78.     Application for leave to appeal under Division 11 of Part 3 by vexatious litigant  
   79.     New Division 3 of Part 13 inserted  

   PART 5--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS

   80.     Amendment to the Coroners Act 2008  
   81.     Amendment to Commonwealth Powers (Family Law-Children) Act 1986  

   PART 6--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   82.     Repeal of amending Act  
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