CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 298 Object of Chapter

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 298

    The object of this Chapter is to provide for the transfer of care and protection orders and proceedings between the Territory and a State or between the Territory and New Zealand—

        (a)     so that children and young people who are in need of protection may be protected despite moving from one jurisdiction to another; and

        (b)     so as to facilitate the timely and expeditious determination of court proceedings relating to the protection of a child or young person.