Cross-border Justice Act 2008

A prescribed court of the State may hear and determine a proceeding referred to in subsection (2) in another participating jurisdiction if the person who is the subject of the proceeding has a connection with a cross‑border region for the purposes of the proceeding.

Any of the following proceedings of a prescribed court of the State may be heard and determined in another participating jurisdiction under subsection (1) —

in the criminal jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court under the Magistrates Court Act 2004 section 11;

in the criminal jurisdiction of the Children’s Court under the Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 section 19;

under the Bail Act 1982;

under the Sentencing Act 1995;

under the Young Offenders Act 1994;

under the Restraining Orders Act 1997;

under the Firearms Act 2024 in respect of an order that may be made under section 369 of that Act;

under any enactment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of road traffic laws in section 138(1) in respect of any of the following —

the imposition or removal of a disqualification from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence;

an order for the issue of, for a change in the limitations and conditions of, or for the cancellation of, an extraordinary licence;

the impounding or confiscation of a vehicle;

the sale or disposal of an impounded or confiscated vehicle;

prescribed by the regulations.

To avoid doubt, a prescribed court of the State can only hear and determine in another participating jurisdiction a proceeding that the court can hear and determine in the State.