Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 237

    (1)     If—

        (a)     the Children's Court is sentencing a child for one or more offences; and

        (b)     the Court imposes a less severe sentence than it would otherwise have imposed because the child pleaded guilty to at least one of those offences; and

        (c)     the sentence imposed on the child is or includes a youth control order or a youth justice custodial order—

the Court must state the sentence that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty but is not required to state those matters in respect of each offence.

    (2)     Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Children's Court from stating the sentence that it would have imposed but for the plea of guilty when imposing a sentence that is not referred to in subsection (1)(b).

    (3)     The Children's Court must cause to be recorded a statement made under subsection (1) or (2).

    (4)     The failure of the Children's Court to comply with this section—

        (a)     does not invalidate any sentence imposed by it; and

        (b)     does not prevent a court on an appeal against sentence from reviewing a sentence imposed by the Children's Court in circumstances where there has been a failure to comply with this section.