207KCourt may order transfer of protection order

1. A court may order that a protection order be transferred to a participating State if—

2. the chief executive applies to the court for the order to be transferred; and
3. the court has obtained and considered, in relation to the child or young person, a report from a social worker that covers the matters that section 130 requires a plan prepared under section 128 to specify, contain, or state; and
4. the protection order is not subject to an appeal to the High Court, or to any review proceedings; and
5. the interstate officer of the participating State has consented in writing to the transfer of the protection order and to the proposed terms of the order to be transferred; and
6. the child or young person is not subject to—
   1. an order made under paragraph (c), or any of paragraphs (k) to (o), of section 283; or
   2. a community-based sentence under the Sentencing Act 2002; or
   3. a sentence of home detention imposed under section 80A of the Sentencing Act 2002; and
7. the chief executive certifies that neither the chief executive, nor any officer or employee of the department, knows of any charging document filed, or of any proceedings pending before the Youth Court or any other court, that could lead to the child or young person being made subject to an order or sentence referred to in paragraph (e).

8. Before deciding whether to order the transfer of a protection order, the court may direct a care and protection co-ordinator to convene a family group conference for the purpose of considering whether the transfer should be ordered, and sections 20 to 36 apply, with any necessary modification, to the convening of such a family group conference.

9. Sections 188, 189, and 191 to 194 apply to a report obtained from a social worker under subsection (1)(b) as if it were a report obtained from a social worker under section 186.