Childrens Court Rules 2016
sec.71Court to consider other procedural matters for child protection proceeding
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sec.71 Court to consider other procedural matters for child protection proceeding
The court must consider each of the following for a child protection proceeding— whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 68 (1) (d) requiring the chief executive to convene a family group meeting, regardless of whether a meeting has already been held in the proceeding; whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 68 (1) (e) that a conference between the parties be held, regardless of whether a conference has already been held in the proceeding; whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , chapter 2 , part 5 , division 1 not otherwise mentioned in this part; whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 114 transferring the proceeding to another court; whether to hear 2 or more applications together under the Child Protection Act , section 115 ; there are 2 separate applications and the children the subject of the applications are siblings whether to make an order or issue a direction under the Child Protection Act , chapter 6 , part 6 , division 3 or these rules about disclosure.
- (a) whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 68 (1) (d) requiring the chief executive to convene a family group meeting, regardless of whether a meeting has already been held in the proceeding;
- (b) whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 68 (1) (e) that a conference between the parties be held, regardless of whether a conference has already been held in the proceeding;
- (c) whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , chapter 2 , part 5 , division 1 not otherwise mentioned in this part;
- (d) whether to make an order under the Child Protection Act , section 114 transferring the proceeding to another court;
- (e) whether to hear 2 or more applications together under the Child Protection Act , section 115 ; Example of when to consider whether to hear 2 applications together— there are 2 separate applications and the children the subject of the applications are siblings
- (f) whether to make an order or issue a direction under the Child Protection Act , chapter 6 , part 6 , division 3 or these rules about disclosure.