Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2021 (NO. 11 OF 2021) - SECT 37

For section 505 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 substitute —

        "     505     Where and when Court to be held

The Court may sit and act at any time and place.

        505A     Court may order place of hearing which is not a proper venue

    (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.".