69 Court may require parties to attend for counselling or for hearing of application under section 68
  • (1) On an application for the purpose or on its own initiative, the court may issue a summons requiring a person to attend at a time and place to be specified in the summons if the person fails to comply with—

    • (a) a request under section 11(1)(b) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 (as modified and applied by section 66(b) of this Act) that the person attend before a counsellor; or

    • (b) a request under section 68(4)(b) to attend the hearing of an application under section 68.

    (2) Section 20(1) to (3) and (5) of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 applies to a summons under this section as if it were a witness summons issued under that section.

    Compare: 1980 No 94 s 17