CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 186

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 186

186 .         Evidence of consent of relevant interstate officer

                A document or copy of a document —

            (a)         purporting to be the written consent of the relevant interstate officer to —

                  (i)         the transfer of a child protection order to a participating State and to the proposed terms of the child protection order to be transferred; or

                  (ii)         the transfer of a child protection proceeding pending in the Court to the Children’s Court in a participating State;

                and

            (b)         purporting to be signed by the relevant interstate officer or his or her delegate,

                is admissible in evidence in any proceeding under this Part and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof that consent in the terms appearing in the document was duly given by the relevant interstate officer.