Section 207N — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Terms, conditions, and duration of order to be transferred

207N Terms, conditions, and duration of order to be transferred (1) If a Court orders that a protection order ( the home order ) be transferred, the terms of the protection order to be transferred ( the interstate order ) must be terms that could be the terms of a protection order made under the child welfare law of the participating State and that the Court considers to be— (a) To the same or a similar effect as the terms of the home order; or (b) Otherwise appropriate for the child or young person. (2) The Court may include in the interstate order any conditions that could be included in a protection order of that type made in the participating State. (3) In determining whether terms that could be the terms of a protection order made under the child welfare law of the participating State are to the same or similar effect as the terms of the home order, the Court must not take into account the maximum period for which such an order can have effect in that State. (4) The Court must determine, and specify in the interstate order, the period for which the interstate order is to remain in force. (5) The period must be a period— (a) That commences on the date of the registration in the participating State of the interstate order; and (b) That is possible for a protection order of the type of the proposed interstate order under the child welfare law of the participating State; and (c) That the Court considers appropriate. Part 3A, comprising sections 207A to 207ZO, was inserted, as from 1 November 1999, by section 3 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).