Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 52 OF 2013) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 —

              (i)     to amend requirements for attendance of children at hearings in certain proceedings before the Family Division; and

              (ii)     to replace the term access with contact ; and

              (iii)     to clarify the standard of proof that applies in child protection proceedings; and

              (iv)     to provide further for the conduct of proceedings in the Family Division; and

              (v)     to replace dispute resolution conferences with conciliation conferences in the Family Division; and

              (vi)     to replace the term safe custody with emergency care ; and

              (vii)     to provide further for certain breach proceedings under Divisions 3 and 4 of Part 5.3 of Chapter 5; and

              (viii)     to provide for enforcement of costs orders made by the Children's Court in proceedings in the Family Division, or under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 or the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 ; and

        (b)     to amend the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 to give the Children's Court jurisdiction over certain applications for family violence intervention orders if there are related child protection proceedings; and

        (c)     to amend the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 to give the Children's Court jurisdiction over certain applications for personal safety intervention orders if there are related child protection proceedings; and

        (d)     to make necessary consequential amendments to other Acts.