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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 366

Access to pre-sentence group conference report

    (1)     At least 3 working days before the return date referred to in section 367, the convenor of the pre‑sentence group conference must send a copy of the pre-sentence group conference report to—

        (a)     the child who is the subject of the report; and

        (b)     the legal practitioner representing the child; and

        (c)     if the child is the appellant, the respondent; and

        (d)     if the child is the respondent, the appellant; and

        (e)     if the child is under 15 years of age at the time of the appeal, the child's parent unless the appellate court considers that disclosure of the report would pose an unacceptable risk to the safety, welfare or wellbeing of the child; and

        (f)     any other person whom the appellate court has ordered is to receive a copy of the report.

    (2)     At least 3 working days before the return date, the convenor of the pre-sentence group conference must also give a copy of the pre-sentence group conference report to the Secretary if—

        (a)     the Secretary attended the pre-sentence group conference; or

        (b)     the child is the subject of a supervised community-based order and the report is prepared while that order is in force.

    (3)     If a child is sentenced to a supervised community‑based order in the proceeding for which a pre-sentence group conference report was prepared, the convenor of the pre-sentence group conference must give a copy of the report to the Secretary as soon as practicable after the sentence is imposed.



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