231YDefinitions

#### 231Y Definitions 231Y Definitions > In this Part— > > appropriate authority means a person who, pursuant to a child protection order made under a child welfare law other than this Act, is competent to take action equivalent to action that may be taken pursuant to a child protection order made under this Act. > > interstate ward means a child who is in New South Wales and who, immediately before entering New South Wales, was subject to a child protection order made under a child welfare law other than this Act, being a child protection order that has not been transferred to New South Wales under this Chapter. > > **ch 14A, pt 6 (ss 231Y–231ZB):** Ins 2006 No 95, Sch 2 \[2\].