Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A court hearing proceedings under Part VII (Children) or regulations made for the purposes of section 111B dealing with:
(a) whom a child is to spend time with; or
(b) whom a child is to communicate with;
must admit into evidence and consider the findings (if any) of a competent authority of a Convention country on the suitability of a parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.
(2) The court may adjourn the proceedings pending the outcome of a request by a parent of the child to a competent authority of a Convention country for a finding on the suitability of the parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with.
(3) On the application of a parent who is an Australian resident seeking to have, or to continue to have, a child spend time with or communicate with the parent, a court may:
(a) admit evidence; and
(b) make a finding on the suitability of that parent as a person for the child to spend time with or communicate with; and
(c) specify conditions on which the child is to spend time with or communicate with the person.