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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 54 General jurisdiction of Childrens Court

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 54

General jurisdiction of Childrens Court

(1)     The court has jurisdiction—

        (a)     to hear and decide informations against children and young people; and

        (b)     to hear and decide applications and other proceedings under this Act in relation to children and young people.

(2)     A proceeding transferred to the Childrens Court under Chapter 8 (Transfer of protection orders and proceedings) is a proceeding under this Act in relation to children and young people.

(3)     Subsection (1) does not by implication preclude a magistrate other than the Childrens Court Magistrate from—

        (a)     exercising a power or performing a function conferred on a magistrate under a provision of this Act; or

        (b)     exercising a power conferred on a magistrate under a law of the Territory to admit a child or young person to bail in accordance with the Bail Act 1992 or to remand a child or young person in custody.