Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 989

In section 3 of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012 —

        (a)     insert the following definitions—

"" Children, Youth and Families youth justice order" means any of the following orders made under the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 as in force immediately before the commencement of Chapter 7 of the Youth Justice Act 2024 —

        (a)     a probation order;

        (b)     a youth supervision order;

        (c)     a youth attendance order;

"Commissioner for Youth Justice" has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act 2024 ;

"Justice Secretary" means the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety;

"youth justice community service centre "has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act 2024 ;

"youth justice custodial centre "has the same meaning as in the Youth Justice Act 2024 .";

        (b)     in the definition of "youth justice client", for paragraph (a) substitute —

    "(a)     a person in respect of whom any of the following orders is in force—

              (i)     a community service order, probation order, youth supervision and support order or a youth control order within the meaning of the Youth Justice Act 2024 ;

              (ii)     a Children, Youth and Families youth justice order; or";

        (c)     in the definition of "youth justice client", for paragraph (c) substitute —

    "(c)     a person who is detained in a youth justice custodial centre; or";

        (d)     in the definition of "youth justice client", in paragraph (d)(i), for " section 414(2), 430I or section 571 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 " substitute "Division 2 of Part 8.4 or Division 3 of Part 9.2 of the Youth Justice Act 2024 ";

        (e)     the definitions of "youth justice centre", youth justice unit and youth residential centre are repealed .