Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 505A

    (1)     Without limiting section 505, the Court may order that a hearing be held at an appropriate place that is not the proper venue for the hearing if the Court considers that—

        (a)     for any reason it is appropriate that the hearing not be held at the proper venue; and

        (b)     it is in the interests of justice that the hearing not be held at the proper venue.

    (2)     In determining an appropriate place to hold a hearing for the purposes of subsection (1), the Court must first have regard to—

        (a)     places closest to the proper venue for the hearing; and

        (b)     the views of the parties to the proceeding.

S. 506 (Heading) amended by No. 5/2013 s. 49(1).

S. 506 amended by No. 5/2013 s. 49(2).