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A person's contact with a child can be made ''conditional'' upon the person doing or not doing something. If the person fails to meet any of the conditions of their contact with the child, their contact may reasonably be denied.
In general, the court must have some reasonable concerns about a person's lifestyle or behaviour before an order for contact will be conditional. In fact, where such concerns exist, the person is more likely to be denied contact with the child altogether than to get contact on conditions. Common conditions include limits on: *the sort of activities the person can attend, access or undertake with the child,*the sort of food and drink the person can provide to the child,*the place where the contact must, or must not, occur, *the person's ability to drive with the child in the car, and*the person's use of illicit drugs or alcohol.
It is up to the parent saying that the person's contact should be conditional to prove why it should be conditional and that the conditions they seek to impose is in the best interests of the child.