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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 161

161 .         Notification of decision to transfer

        (1)         If the CEO has decided to transfer a home order to a participating State, the CEO must cause notice of the decision to be given to —

            (a)         the child unless the CEO considers that the child does not have sufficient maturity to understand the transfer and its consequences; and

            (b)         the child’s parents; and

            (c)         any other person considered by the CEO to have a direct and significant interest in the wellbeing of the child,

                as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 3 working days after the decision was made.

        (2)         A notice under subsection (1) must —

            (a)         state the date of the decision; and

            (b)         state that a person who wishes to apply to the Supreme Court for judicial review of the decision must institute the proceeding, and give written notice of it to the CEO, within 21 working days after the date of the decision; and

            (c)         state that a person who wishes to apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of the decision must institute the proceeding within 21 working days after the date of the decision.

        (3)         Notice is not required to be given to a person under subsection (1) if it cannot be given after all reasonable efforts.



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