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Children and Community Services Act 2004
Div 3AOrders for determination of parentage
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Division 3A — Orders for determination of parentage
136A. Terms used 148
136B. Orders requiring person to give evidence 148
136C. Parentage testing orders 148
136D. Orders associated with parentage testing orders 149
136E. Adult contravening s. 136D order, consequences of 150
136F. Procedure etc. ordered for child, parental consent needed in some cases, consequences of refusing to consent 150
136G. No liability if parent or CEO consents 151
136H. Parentage testing procedures, conduct of etc. 151
136I. Results of parentage testing procedures admissible in protection proceedings 151
Division 3 — Pre‑hearing conferences
136. Court may order pre‑hearing conference 152
137. Confidentiality of pre‑hearing conference 153
Division 4 — Reports about child
138. Term used: report 154
139. Court may require report 155
140. Access to written report 155
141. Confidentiality of report 156
142. Protection from liability for preparing or giving report 156
Division 5 — Proposals about arrangements for child
143. CEO to provide Court with proposal for child 157
143A. Content of proposal 158
144. Court to consider proposal 160
Division 6 — Procedural matters
145. Conduct of protection proceedings generally 160
146. Court not bound by rules of evidence 161
147. Parties to protection proceedings 161
148. Legal representation of child 162
149. Presence of child in court 163
150. Evidence of child 163
151. Standard of proof 164
152. Intervention by Attorney General 164
153. Court to facilitate party’s participation in proceedings 164
154. Court may dispense with requirement for service 165
155. Frivolous or vexatious proceedings 165