87Making of orders that have a significant impact on persons

#### 87 Making of orders that have a significant impact on persons 87 Making of orders that have a significant impact on persons > > (1) The Children’s Court must not make an order that has a significant impact on a person who is not a party to proceedings before the Children’s Court unless the person has been given an opportunity to be heard on the matter of significant impact. > > > (2) If the impact of the order is on a group of persons, such as a family, not all members of the group are to be given an opportunity to be heard but only a representative of the group approved by the Children’s Court. > > > (2A) For subsection (2), if the group affected is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander family or community, the representative or representatives of the group approved by the Court may be a member of a relevant Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation or entity for the child or young person. > > > (3) The opportunity to be heard afforded by this section does not give the person who is heard the status or rights of a party to the proceedings. > > **s 87:** Am 2022 No 67, Sch 1\[17\].