CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 258
Existing applications and proceedings for care and protection orders and care and control orders
CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 258
Existing applications and proceedings for care and protection orders and care and control orders
258 Existing applications and proceedings for care and protection orders and
care and control orders
(1) This section applies to—
(a) an application under the repealed Act for
an order that a child be—
(i) admitted to the chief executive’s care and
protection; or
(ii) committed to the chief executive’s care and control;
and
(b) a proceeding in the Childrens Court for an application mentioned in
paragraph (a).
(2) If the application or proceeding is not finally dealt with
at the commencement of this section, it may be continued and dealt with under
this Act as if it were an application, or a proceeding for an application, for
a child protection order granting short-term guardianship of the child to the
chief executive.
