Family Courts (Counselling Sessions) Regulations 2012: revoked (but continue to apply for the purposes of section 193 of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 and section 165 of the Care of Children Act 2004), on 1 August 2014, by clause 3(1) of the Family Courts (Counselling Sessions) Regulations Revocation Order 2014 (LI 2014/86).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Pursuant to section 187(cc) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 and sections 66(d) and 147(2)(e) of the Care of Children Act 2004, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.

5 Number of sessions of counselling

Schedule 1
Number of sessions of counselling under Family Proceedings Act 1980

Schedule 2
Number of sessions of counselling under Care of Children Act 2004

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Family Courts (Counselling Sessions) Regulations 2012.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 1 January 2013.

3 Application

These regulations apply in respect of any counselling that—
- (a) is carried out under—
  - (i) section 9(1), 10(1), 10(4), 19(1), or 19(2) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980; or
  - (ii) section 65(1) or (2) of the Care of Children Act 2004; and
- (b) is commenced on or after 1 January 2013.

4 Interpretation

In these regulations, session means a session of not more than 1 hour's duration.

5 Number of sessions of counselling

(1) The number of sessions of counselling that may be carried out under section 9(1), 10(1), 10(4), 19(1), or 19(2) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980 is specified in Schedule 1.

(2) The number of sessions of counselling that may be carried out under section 65(1) or (2) of the Care of Children Act 2004 is specified in Schedule 2.

r 5(1)

Provision under which counselling carried out		Number of sessions of counselling
Section 9(1)		3
Section 10(1)		3
Section 10(4)		3
Section 19(1)		3
Section 19(2)		3

r 5(2)

Provision under which counselling carried out		Number of sessions of counselling
Section 65(1)		3
Section 65(2)		3

Michael Webster,
for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 1 January 2013, prescribe the number of sessions of counselling that may be carried out under—

section 9(1), 10(1), 10(4), 19(1), or 19(2) of the Family Proceedings Act 1980:
section 65(1) or (2) of the Care of Children Act 2004.

In each case the number of sessions of counselling that may be carried out is 3.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 4 October 2012.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Family Courts (Counselling Sessions) Regulations 2012 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ .

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Family Courts (Counselling Sessions) Regulations Revocation Order 2014 (LI 2014/86)

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