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269 Offences by children

Nothing in this Chapter confers jurisdiction on the Local Court to deal with an offence if the Children’s Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter.

s 269 (previously s 30): Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [95]. Am 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [96]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.

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