Obligations on principal executive officers of courts
Obligation to give prescribed information (1) The principal executive officer of a court that has jurisdiction under this Act must ensure that any person who is considering instituting proceedings under this Act is, on the first occasion the person deals with a registry of the court, given documents containing the information prescribed under: (a) section 12B (about non‑court based family services and court’s processes and services); and (b) section 12C (about reconciliation); and (c) section 12D (about Part VII proceedings). Obligation to respond to requests for information (2) The principal executive officer of a court that has jurisdiction under this Act must ensure that, if a person involved in proceedings under this Act requests an officer or staff member of the court for information about family counselling services or family dispute resolution services, the person is given documents containing information about those services. Note: See subsection 4(1AA) for people who are taken to be involved in proceedings.
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