(1) The Childrens Court may adjourn a proceeding for a court assessment order
or child protection order for a child for a period decided by the court.
(2)
However, for a court assessment order the total period of adjournments must
not be longer than 4 weeks.
Note—
Section 47contains provisions about when
a court assessment order ends.
(3) In deciding the period, the court must
take into account the principle that it is in the child’s best interests for
the application for the order to be decided as soon as possible.
(4) The
court must state the reasons for the adjournment and may give directions to
the parties to the proceeding, the chief executive or a person the court has
allowed to take part in the proceeding under section 113about the things to
be done by them during the adjournment.
