CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 453 Assessment orders—court to consider extension application
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 453
Assessment orders—court to consider extension application promptly(1) The Childrens Court must give initial consideration to an application for extension of an assessment order not later than 5 working days after the day the application is filed.
(2) After initially considering the application, the Childrens Court may adjourn further consideration of the application only if satisfied that the adjournment is appropriate considering the urgency of the application.
(3) If the assessment order is in force on the day the application is filed, but would end before the application is heard, the order continues in force until the application is heard and decided (whether or not the application is considered within the period required under this section).