Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2006 No 12
Current version for 6 July 2009 to date (accessed 24 May 2013 at 08:22)
Part 2Section 14

14   When a certain New South Wales personal protection measure lapses

(1)  A New South Wales personal protection measure relating to a child that is taken in response to a particular situation by a New South Wales authority exercising jurisdiction under section 9 (2) (b) (i) or (ii) lapses if a foreign personal protection measure relating to the child, that is taken in response to the same situation, is recognised by registration under section 25.
(2)  A New South Wales personal protection measure relating to a child that is taken in response to a particular situation by a New South Wales authority exercising jurisdiction in a case of urgency, or in the taking of a measure of a provisional character, lapses if:
(a)  a measure for protecting the person of the child, that is taken in response to the same situation, is taken by a competent authority of a non-Convention country, and
(b)  the measure is recognised under New South Wales law or under the law of another State or of a Territory.
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