Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 520D

    (1)     Subject to and in accordance with the rules—

        (a)     a proceeding may be transferred to the Neighbourhood Justice Division, whether sitting at the same or a different venue, but only if the child consents to the proceeding being dealt with by the Division; and

        (b)     the Neighbourhood Justice Division may transfer a proceeding (including a proceeding transferred to it under paragraph (a)) to the Court, sitting other than as the Neighbourhood Justice Division, at the same or a different venue.

    (2)     Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, if a proceeding is transferred from one venue of the Court to another, the transferee venue is the proper venue of the Court for the purposes of this Act.

S. 520E inserted by No. 51/2006 s. 13.