15Transitional provision consequent on enactment of Children (Criminal Proceedings) and Young Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2025—the Act, Sch 2, cl 1(1)

15 Transitional provision consequent on enactment of Children (Criminal Proceedings) and Young Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2025—the Act, Sch 2, cl 1(1)

15 Transitional provision consequent on enactment of Children (Criminal Proceedings) and Young Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2025—the Act, Sch 2, cl 1(1)

(1) The Act, section 5(8)(b), as inserted by the amending Act, does not apply during the transition period.

(2) During the transition period, in determining whether the presumption in the Act, section 5(2) has been rebutted, a court must not have regard to an admission made by the child in order to be eligible for a caution or youth justice conference as referred to in the Young Offenders Act 1997.

(3) In this section—

amending Act means the Children (Criminal Proceedings) and Young Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2025.

transition period means the period beginning on the commencement of this section and ending on the commencement of the amending Act, Schedule 2[9].

s 15: Ins 2026 (57), Sch 1.