(1) A court in which an action or proceeding under this Act has been started may, on the application of a party made at any stage, by an order, transfer the action or proceeding to another court having jurisdiction to hear and determine the action or proceeding.
(2) When a court transfers an action or proceeding to another court—
(a) all relevant documents of record filed in the transferring court shall be sent to the other court by the Registrar or other appropriate officer of the transferring court; and
(b) the action or proceeding shall continue in the other court as if—
(i) it had been started there, and
(ii) all steps taken in the transferring court had been taken in the other court.