Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 178

178 .         Effect of registration

        (1)         A child protection order registered in the Court under section 176 —

            (a)         is to be taken for all purposes (except for the purposes of appeal) to be a protection order of the relevant type made by the Court on the day on which it is registered; and

            (b)         may be varied or revoked, or the period for which it is in force extended, under Part 4.

        (2)         An interim order registered in the Court under section 176 —

            (a)         is to be taken for all purposes (except for the purposes of appeal) to be an order made by the Court under section 133 on the day on which it is registered; and

            (b)         may be varied or revoked, or the period for which it is in force extended, under Part 4.

        (3)         If an order under an interstate law to transfer a child protection proceeding to this State is registered under section 176, the proceeding is to be taken to have been commenced in the Court, under Part 4, on the day on which the order is registered.