sec.198Explanation and purpose

### sec.198 Explanation and purpose Chapter 2 provides for the making of child protection orders and the conduct of child protection proceedings in the Childrens Court. Laws of other States and New Zealand provide for similar orders and proceedings. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the transfer of the orders and proceedings between Queensland and other States, and between Queensland and New Zealand— so that children in need of protection may be protected if they move from one jurisdiction to another; and so that proceedings relating to the protection of a child may be decided, in a timely and expeditious way, in a court in the most appropriate jurisdiction. The transfer of an order from one jurisdiction to another enables the law of the receiving jurisdiction to provide for the administration and enforcement of the order as if it were made in the receiving jurisdiction. Similarly, the transfer of a proceeding from one jurisdiction to another enables the law of the receiving jurisdiction to provide for the proceeding to be heard and decided as if it had been started there. s 198 ins 2000 No. 7 s 43 (sec.198-ssec.1) Chapter 2 provides for the making of child protection orders and the conduct of child protection proceedings in the Childrens Court. (sec.198-ssec.2) Laws of other States and New Zealand provide for similar orders and proceedings. (sec.198-ssec.3) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the transfer of the orders and proceedings between Queensland and other States, and between Queensland and New Zealand— so that children in need of protection may be protected if they move from one jurisdiction to another; and so that proceedings relating to the protection of a child may be decided, in a timely and expeditious way, in a court in the most appropriate jurisdiction. (sec.198-ssec.4) The transfer of an order from one jurisdiction to another enables the law of the receiving jurisdiction to provide for the administration and enforcement of the order as if it were made in the receiving jurisdiction. (sec.198-ssec.5) Similarly, the transfer of a proceeding from one jurisdiction to another enables the law of the receiving jurisdiction to provide for the proceeding to be heard and decided as if it had been started there. - (a) so that children in need of protection may be protected if they move from one jurisdiction to another; and - (b) so that proceedings relating to the protection of a child may be decided, in a timely and expeditious way, in a court in the most appropriate jurisdiction.