Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 674

    (1)     If an interstate proceedings transfer order for a proceeding is registered in the Childrens Court under section 672, the proceeding is taken to have been started in the Childrens Court on the day the order is registered.

    (2)     However, in deciding the proceeding, the court—

        (a)     is not bound by a finding of fact made in the proceeding in the State Childrens Court of the sending State before its transfer; and

        (b)     may have regard to the transcript of, or evidence presented in, the proceeding in the State Childrens Court of the sending State before its transfer.