84Court may ask Secretary for report for purposes of section 83

84 Court may ask Secretary for report for purposes of section 83 (1) For the purposes of considering a matter referred to in section 83(2), (3) or (4), the court may ask the Secretary to the Department of Human Services to give the court a report about the options available for the appropriate accommodation, care and supervision of the child if the exclusion condition were included in the family violence intervention order. (2) If the Secretary receives a request under subsection (1)— (a) the Secretary must give the report to the court in the period ordered by the court or, if no period is ordered, within the prescribed time; and (b) for a request relating to a child under the age of 17 years, section 30 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** applies in relation to the request for the report as if the request were a report received under section 28 of that Act.