If a court decides to transfer protection proceedings, the case is stopped in the New Zealand court. This happens when the order to transfer is registered in the court of the other state, following their laws. You can find more information about how this law was changed by looking at the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999.

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This page was last updated on 25 May 2025

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Topics:

207V: Review of order for transfer, or

"Checking a decision to move a child protection court case"

207X: Registration of orders and proceedings to be transferred to New Zealand, or

"Registering protection orders from other countries in a New Zealand court"

Part 3ATrans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings
Transfer of protection proceedings from New Zealand by order of court

If a court orders that protection proceedings be transferred, the proceedings are discontinued in the court on the registration of the order in the Children's Court of the participating State in accordance with the interstate law of that State.

Notes

Section 207W: inserted, on 1 November 1999, by section 3 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989