CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 207 Chief executive may transfer order

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 207

207 Chief executive may transfer order

(1) The chief executive may transfer a child protection order to a participating State if—

(a) the chief executive is satisfied an order to the same or a similar effect as the home order could be made under a child welfare law of that State; and

(b) the home order is not the subject of an appeal under chapter 3 , part 4 and, if no appeal has been started, the time for starting an appeal has expired; and

(c) the home order is not the subject of an application under section 65 ; and

(d) the interstate officer for that State has given written consent to the transfer and to the provisions of the proposed interstate order; and

(e) each person whose consent to the transfer is required under section 209 has consented; and

(f) the chief executive has given the notices required under section 210 .

(2) For subsection (1) (a) , in deciding whether an order to the same or a similar effect as the home order could be made under a child welfare law of the participating State, the chief executive must not take into account the period for which an order of that type could have been made in that State.