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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Trans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings - Miscellaneous provisions

207ZK: Transfer of court file

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"When a child protection court case moves to a new court, the documents are sent to the new court."

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When a court is dealing with a case about protecting a child, it makes a file with all the documents. If the case is moved to another court in a different area, the court officer must send all the documents to the new court. This happens if a protection order is made and it is moved to the new court, and if no one is appealing the decision. You need to know that the documents are sent when the time to appeal has ended. The court officer keeps a copy of the documents they send.

The court officer must keep the copies of the documents for as long as they would have kept the originals. This is what the law says you must do when a court case is moved to another court. The law is part of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989, which was amended by the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999.

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Part 3ATrans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings
Miscellaneous provisions

207ZKTransfer of court file

  1. The Registrar of a court must send all documents filed in the court in connection with protection proceedings to the appropriate officer of the Children's Court in a participating State if—

  2. a protection order made in the proceedings, or the proceedings themselves, are transferred to the participating State under this Part; and
    1. the transfer decision or order is not subject to an appeal or a review or a stay; and
      1. the period allowed under this Part for bringing an appeal, or bringing review proceedings, has expired.

        1. The Registrar of the court must make a copy of all documents sent under this section, and keep the copies for the same period as the sent documents would have been kept.

        Notes
        • Section 207ZK: inserted, on , 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).