Determination of application—how period to be extended
22DO Determination of application—how period to be extended
A court that grants an application under section 22DH to extend a support and engagement order is to do so by varying the period for which the order is to operate.
Note
Section 22CQ(1)(b) requires that this period be specified in the order.
The extension of a support and engagement order—
must not result in the period of the order exceeding 2 years; or
must not be so long that, at the end of the extended period, the total period during which the supported person will have been subject to a support and engagement order is 2 years or more.
The total period referred to in subsection (2)(b) is to be calculated by adding together the length of the extended period, and the lengths of the other periods during which the respondent has been subject to support and engagement orders, irrespective of whether or not any of those other periods were consecutive.
Nothing in this section requires that, if a court extends a support and engagement order for a supported person who is a child, the period as extended must end on or before the day that the supported person turns 18.
S. 22DP inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 6.
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