Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY WELFARE ACT - SECT 62ZD

62ZD. Hearing and determination of transferred proceeding

In hearing and determining a child protection proceeding transferred to the Family Matters Court under an interstate law, the Family Matters Court -

(a) is not bound by any finding of fact made in the proceeding in the Court of the sending State before the proceeding was transferred to the Territory; and

(b) may have regard to the transcript of and any evidence adduced in the proceeding in the Court of the sending State before it was transferred.