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FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 148 Transfer of applications

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 148

Transfer of applications

    (1)     If an application is made under this Act to the Magistrates' Court and the Magistrates' Court considers that, in all the circumstances of the case, the matter should be dealt with by the Children's Court, the Magistrates' Court may discontinue the proceeding and order that it be transferred to the Children's Court.

    (2)     If an application is made under this Act to the Children's Court and the Children's Court considers that, in all the circumstances of the case, the matter should be dealt with by the Magistrates' Court, the Children's Court may discontinue the proceeding and order that it be transferred to the Magistrates' Court.