Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 185

        (1)     The Children's Court must adjourn a criminal proceeding in which a child is an accused if—

        (a)     the Court has not yet made a finding in the criminal proceeding; and

        (b)     the DFFH Secretary reports to the Court that a therapeutic treatment order has been made in respect of the child.

    (2)     An adjournment under subsection (1) must be for a period not less than the period of the therapeutic treatment order.