Section 74 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Court may require parties to undergo counselling

74 Court may require parties to undergo counselling (1) Where an application is made to the Court for a declaration under section 67 of this Act in relation to a child or young person, the Court may direct all or any of the following persons to participate in counselling of a nature specified by the Court: (a) The child or young person in respect of whom the application is made: (b) Any parent or guardian of the child or young person or any person having the care of the child or young person: (c) Where the application is accompanied by or joined with an application for a restraining order or an interim restraining order, any person in respect of whose conduct that order or interim order is sought. (2) Where a direction made under subsection (1) of this section does not specify the person who is to undertake the counselling, the direction shall be referred to the Registrar of the Court, and that Registrar shall, on receipt of the direction, refer to an appropriate counsellor the person or persons in respect of whom the direction is given. (3) In determining, for the purposes of any direction made under subsection (1) of this section, the nature of the counselling and the person who is to carry out the counselling, the Court or Registrar, as the case may be, shall have regard to the views of the person or persons in respect of whom that direction is given. Compare: 1980 No 94 s 10