Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 236

236 Effect of registration of interstate transfer decision

(1) The transferred proceeding is taken to be a proceeding started in the Childrens Court in Queensland on the day of registration of the interstate transfer decision and may be continued in the court.

(2) The litigation director is a party to the proceeding in place of the interstate government officer for the participating State.

(3) The court—

(a) is not bound by any finding of fact made by the Childrens Court in the participating State; and

(b) may inform itself on a matter using a transcript of the proceeding in that court or evidence tendered in the proceeding.