33BGuilty plea to be taken into account

33B Guilty plea to be taken into account

33B Guilty plea to be taken into account

(1) In dealing with a person under section 33 for an offence to which this Division applies to which the person pleaded guilty, the Children’s Court must take into account—

(a) the fact that the person pleaded guilty, and

(b) when the person pleaded guilty or indicated an intention to plead guilty,

and may accordingly reduce any order that it would otherwise have made.

(2) If the Children’s Court does not, as a result of this section, reduce an order it makes in respect of a person who pleaded guilty to an offence, it must state that fact and its reasons for not reducing the order when making the order.

(3) The failure of the Children’s Court to comply with this section does not invalidate any order made under section 33 by the Children’s Court.

(4) This section applies to proceedings for an offence whether commenced before or after the commencement of this section.

s 33B: Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4. Ins 1990 No 5, sec 4.