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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 114 Transfer of proceedings

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 114

Transfer of proceedings

114 Transfer of proceedings

(1) If a magistrate constituting the Childrens Court is of the opinion a proceeding before the magistrate should be heard by the court constituted by a magistrate at another place, the magistrate may order that the proceeding be transferred to the court constituted by a magistrate at the other place.
(2) A magistrate may act under subsection (1) on the magistrate’s own initiative or on the application of a party to the proceeding.