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.