Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILD WELFARE ACT 1947 - SECT 120Y

120Y .         Hearing and determination of transferred proceeding

                In hearing and determining a child protection proceeding transferred to the court under an interstate law, the court —

            (a)         is not bound by any finding of fact made in the proceeding in the Children’s Court in the sending State before its transfer; and

            (b)         may have regard to the transcript of, or any evidence adduced in, the proceeding referred to in paragraph (a).

        [Section 120Y inserted by No. 22 of 2002 s. 10.]