207QCourt may order transfer of protection proceedings

1. A court may order that protection proceedings pending in the court be transferred to the Children's Court in a participating State if—

2. the chief executive applies to the court for an order that the proceedings be transferred; and
3. the interstate officer of the participating State has consented in writing to the transfer of the proceedings; and
4. 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
5. 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 (c).

6. Before deciding whether to order that protection proceedings be transferred, 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.