Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 166

166 .         Court to have regard to certain matters

                In determining whether to make an order under section 164 the Court must have regard to —

            (a)         whether the CEO or an interstate officer is in the better position to exercise powers and responsibilities under a child protection order relating to the child; and

            (b)         the desirability of a child protection order being an order under the child welfare law of the State where the child resides.