Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 170

170 .         When Court may transfer child protection proceeding

        (1)         The Court may make an order transferring a child protection proceeding pending in the Court to the Children’s Court in a participating State if —

            (a)         an application for the making of the order is made by the CEO; and

            (b)         the relevant interstate officer has consented in writing to the transfer.

        (2)         The proceeding is discontinued in the Court on the registration in the Children’s Court in the participating State in accordance with the interstate law of an order referred to in subsection (1).