Section 10KB — Family Law Act 1975: Definition of children’s contact services

(1) Children’s contact services are services, other than services mentioned in subsection (3), that: (a) facilitate contact between a child and a member of the child’s family with whom the child is not living; and (b) are provided in circumstances where members of the family may not be able to safely manage such contact; and (c) are provided: (i) on a professional basis; or (ii) on a commercial basis; or (iii) by an entity registered under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in subsection 25-5(5) of that Act; or (iv) in the course of an undertaking that has a charitable purpose. (2) Without limiting paragraph (1)(a), services that facilitate contact may include any of the following: (a) supervising the movement of the child between 2 or more members of the child’s family; (b) supervising time spent by the child with a member of the child’s family (including contact over the phone or internet); (c) providing a space for the child to spend time with a member of the child’s family. (3) The following services are not children’s contact services: (a) services provided as a result of intervention by a child welfare officer of a State or Territory; (b) supervision of contact (including contact over the phone or internet) between a child and a member of the child’s family who is in a correctional institution (however described); (c) services prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.