Common use of PROJECT OUTPUTS Clause in Contracts

PROJECT OUTPUTS. The outputs of this Schedule will be the establishment and operation of co-located policing officials at, or around, agreed family law court locations. Where the family law courts have office space to provide for the co-located policing official, they may be based at that agreed family law court location. Alternatively, the co-located policing official may be based at a police station or police headquarters near to the agreed court location and be available to attend the court location in person, as required. The co-located policing officials supported by the Agreement and the locations in which they will be based are listed in Table 1. New South Wales Sydney Family Law Courts Parramatta Family Law Courts Queensland Brisbane Family Law Courts South Australia Adelaide Family Law Courts Tasmania Hobart Family Law Courts The Australian Capital Territory Canberra Family Law Courts The agreed locations may be varied bilaterally by written agreement between the Commonwealth and the relevant state. The bilateral variation of agreed locations may occur in writing between appropriately delegated senior officials of the Commonwealth and states. The Parties acknowledge the functions performed by the co-located officials will be limited to the family law court registries stipulated in Table 1, unless the co-located officials identify capacity to expand support options to other registries. The Parties acknowledge that the functions performed by the co-located policing officials may change or expand over the course of the Agreement, subject to capacity and the agreement of relevant family law court officials. The role of the co-located policing officials will be to perform various functions to: improve the flow of information between the family law courts and state policing agencies, and promote more collaborative working relationships between family law professionals and policing officials. The Parties acknowledge that the establishment of co-located policing officials is not intended to replace the need for the family law courts, policing agencies and other stakeholders to otherwise contribute towards appropriate information sharing and cooperative practices for addressing family safety concerns. To perform their role, the co-located policing officials may undertake the following functions, where lawfully permitted, including (but not limited to): implementing improved information sharing practices between police and the family law courts; assisting with urgent applications to be heard by the family law courts on an ex parte basis (principally applications for recovery orders) and indicating whether police hold relevant information; informing safety risk assessments to assist family law courts by performing firearms licence checks against parties to family law proceedings; facilitating information sharing relating to family law proceedings with police firearms registries; enhancing collaborative interagency working relationships and mutual cooperation. The functions outlined in Clause 9 will be performed in line with relevant legislation and in accordance with any applicable agreements and memoranda reached concerning information sharing arrangements between state agencies and the family law courts.

PROJECT OUTPUTS. The outputs of this Schedule will be the establishment and operation of co-located policing officials child protection practitioners at, or around, agreed family law court locations. . i. Where the family law courts have office space to provide for the co-located policing officialpractitioner, they may will be primarily based at that agreed family law court location. ii. AlternativelyIf there is no office space available at the court, the co-located policing official may practitioner will be primarily based at a police station or police headquarters an office near to the agreed court location and be available to attend the court location in person, as required. iii. For Queensland, practitioners will interact with the three regional court locations in Queensland (Townsville, Cairns and Rockhampton), be based at an office near the regional court locations and, where necessary, travel to the other locations based on workload. The co-located policing officials child protection practitioners supported by the Agreement and the locations in which they will be based are listed in Table 1. New South Wales Sydney Family Law Courts Parramatta Family Law Courts Wollongong Family Law Courts Newcastle Family Law Courts Victoria Melbourne Family Law Courts Dandenong Family Law Courts Queensland Brisbane Family Law Courts Cairns Family Law Courts Rockhampton Family Law Courts Townsville Family Law Courts Western Australia Family Court of Western Australia, Perth South Australia Adelaide Family Law Courts Tasmania Hobart Family Law Courts Launceston Family Law Courts The Australian Capital Territory Canberra Family Law Courts The agreed locations may be varied bilaterally by written agreement between the Commonwealth and the relevant state. The bilateral variation of agreed locations may occur in writing between appropriately delegated senior officials of the Commonwealth and states. The Parties acknowledge the functions performed by the co-located officials practitioners will be limited to the family law court registries stipulated in Table 1, unless the co-located officials practitioners identify capacity to expand support options to other registries. The Parties acknowledge that the functions performed by the co-located policing officials child protection practitioners may change or expand over the course of the Agreement, subject to capacity and the agreement of the relevant agency (employing the child protection practitioners) and family law court officials. The role of the co-located policing officials child protection practitioners will be to perform various functions to: : (a) improve the flow of information between the family law courts and state policing and child protection agencies, and and (b) promote more collaborative working relationships between family law professionals and policing officialschild protection practitioners. The Parties acknowledge that the establishment of co-located policing officials child protection practitioners is not intended to replace the need for the family law courts, policing child welfare agencies and other stakeholders to otherwise contribute towards appropriate information sharing and cooperative practices for addressing family safety concerns. To perform their role, the co-located policing officials child protection practitioners may undertake the following functions, where lawfully permitted, including (but not limited to): implementing improved information sharing practices between police and assisting in coordinating responses to notices of risk of abuse received from the family law courts; assisting with urgent applications to be heard by the family law courts on an ex parte basis (principally applications for recovery orders) and indicating whether police hold relevant information; informing safety risk assessments to assist family law courts by performing firearms licence checks against parties to family law proceedings); facilitating information sharing relating to between child protection departments and the family law proceedings court, particularly in high-risk cases; collaborating with police firearms registriesfamily consultants and assisting independent children’s lawyers to gather family safety information; supporting the seamless referral of matters by child protection departments to the family law courts; enhancing collaborative interagency working relationships and mutual cooperation; and sharing information to inform independent child and parenting assessments in both the child protection and family law jurisdictions. The functions outlined in Clause 9 will be performed in line with relevant legislation and in accordance with any applicable agreements and memoranda reached concerning information sharing arrangements between state agencies and the family law courts.