24Request for access to child in Australia

#### 24 Request for access to child in Australia (1) The Commonwealth Central Authority must take action to establish, organise or secure the effective exercise of rights of access to a child in Australia if: (a) it receives a request from a Central Authority on behalf of a person who claims: (i) to have rights of access to the child under a law in force in a convention country; and (ii) that those rights have been breached; and (b) it is satisfied that the request is in accordance with the Convention. (2) The Commonwealth Central Authority may, by notice in writing, refuse to accept a request received by it if it is satisfied that the request is not in accordance with the Convention. (3) A notice under subregulation (2) must: (a) be sent to the Central Authority that sent the request; and (b) include the reason for the refusal. (4) For subregulation (1), the action taken may include any of the following: (a) transferring the request to a State Central Authority; (b) applying to a court under regulation 25 for an order that is necessary or appropriate to establish, organise or secure the effective exercise of the rights of access to which the request relates; (c) seeking an amicable resolution in relation to the rights of access to the child.