Western Australian Current Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 235

235 .         Proceedings pending before children’s panels

        (1)         In this section —

        former provisions means the provisions of the Child Welfare Act 1947 ⁴ as in force immediately before the commencement of section 32.

        (2)         If proceedings for a matter are pending before a children’s panel under the former provisions when section 32 commences, the matter is to be taken to have been referred under this Act to a juvenile justice team.

        [Heading inserted: No. 15 of 2023 s. 14.]