Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY WELFARE ACT - SECT 62M

62M. Family Matters Court may hear application for order to transfer child protection proceeding

(1) If a child to which a home proceeding relates is residing or is about to reside in a State in which an interstate law is in force, the Minister may apply to the Family Matters Court for an order for the transfer of the proceeding to the Court of the State.

(2) The Family Matters Court must not hear an application for the transfer of a home proceeding unless -

(a) the relevant interstate officer in the receiving State has consented in writing to the transfer of the home proceeding; and

(b) the Minister has prepared and given to the Court a report in relation to the application that includes -

(i) details of any offences committed by the child and any sentence imposed on the child for committing those offences;

(ii) details of any offences the child has been charged with committing and any criminal proceedings pending against the child;

(iii) details of any sentencing order under this Act that is in force in respect of the child at the time of making the application;

(iv) the recommendations of the Minister concerning the order for the transfer of the home proceeding; and

(v) the prescribed information, if any.