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Separate legal representation of child

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Part 3Parentage orders
Division 1Application for parentage order

29 Separate legal representation of child

(1)

The Local Court may, if it considers it appropriate:

(a)

order that a child who is the subject of a proceeding under this

Act have separate legal representation in the proceeding; and

(b)

make any ancillary order for that purpose.

(2)

A legal practitioner representing a child in proceedings under this Act must act in the best interests of the child, having regard to any evidence reasonably available to the practitioner.

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