67KWho may apply for a location order

67K Who may apply for a location order

(1) A location order in relation to a child may be applied for by: (a) a person with whom the child is to live under a parenting order; or (b) a person with whom the child is to spend time under a parenting order; or (c) a person with whom the child is to communicate under a parenting order; or (caa) a person who has parental responsibility for the child under a parenting order; or (ca) a grandparent of the child; or (d) any other person concerned with the care, welfare or development of the child. (2) For the purposes of the Child Protection Convention, a person (including one appointed as the Central Authority for the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory for the purposes of Article 29 of the Convention) may apply to a court for a location order. (3) For the purposes of the Child Abduction Convention, a person (including one appointed as the Central Authority for the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory for the purposes of Article 6 of the Convention) may apply to a court for a location order. (4) In this section:

Child Abduction Convention means the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction done at The Hague on 25 October 1980.

Note: The Child Abduction Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1987 No. 2 ([1987] ATS 2) and could in 2018 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).

Child Protection Convention has the same meaning as in section 111CA.