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Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
77YHearing and determination of transferred proceeding
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77Y Hearing and determination of transferred proceeding
[Section 77Y Inserted by No. 78 of 1999, s. 5, Applied:01 Jul 2000] 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) .