12 Child safety orders: supplemental

12  Child safety orders: supplemental

(1)     Before making a child safety order, [the family court] shall obtain and consider information about the child's family circumstances and the likely effect of the order on those circumstances.

(2)     Before making a child safety order, [the family court] shall explain to the parent or guardian of the child in ordinary language—

(a)     the effect of the order and of the requirements proposed to be included in it;

(b)     the consequences which may follow (under subsection (6) below) if the child fails to comply with any of those requirements; and

(c)     that the court has power

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