New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 231U

231U Hearing and determination of transferred proceeding

In hearing and determining a child protection proceeding transferred to the Children's Court under an interstate law, the Children's 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).