Family Justice Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Family Justice Courts
11B. Court may make order without application
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Subject to subsection (2), a Family Justice Court may, in the course of any relevant proceedings commenced on or after the date of commencement of section 4 of the Family Justice Reform Act 2023 and on its own motion, make an order on any issue arising in a cause or matter, including an order of a substantive nature, which the Court has the power to make on the application of any person.
A Family Justice Court must not make an order of a substantive nature on the basis of subsection (1) unless —
every person likely to be affected by the order has been given an opportunity to be heard concerning the order; and
the Court is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice to make the order.