53Transfer of proceedings

53 Transfer of proceedings

(1) A prescribed court in which an application has been made, or an action brought, under this Act may, on the application of a party made at any stage, by an order, transfer the application or action to another prescribed court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the application or action. (2) When a court transfers an application or action to another court:

(a) all relevant documents of record filed in the transferring court must be sent to the other court by the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the transferring court; and

(b) the application or action continues in the other court as if:

(i) it had been started there; and

(ii) all steps taken in the transferring court had been taken in the other court.