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COMMUNITY WELFARE ACT - SECT 62X

Effect of registration of interstate orders

62X. Effect of registration of interstate orders

(1) On the registration in the Family Matters Court of an interstate order -

(a) if the interstate order is for the transfer of a child protection order to the Territory - subject to subsection (2), the child protection order is taken for all purposes to be a home order of the same type made by the Family Matters Court on the day on which it is registered and it may be dealt with under this Act or any other law of the Territory as if it were a home order; or

(b) if the interstate order is for the transfer of a child protection proceeding to the Territory - the child protection proceeding is taken to be a proceeding under Part VI that is commenced in the Family Matters Court on the day on which the order is registered.

(2) No proceedings may be brought under section 62G or 62S in respect of an interstate order referred to in subsection (1)(a).



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