586Supreme Court or County Court may exercise sentencing powers of Children's Court

586 Supreme Court or County Court may exercise sentencing powers of Children's Court (1) The powers that the Supreme Court or the County Court may exercise in sentencing a child for an indictable offence include the power to impose any sentence which the Children's Court may impose under this Act but an order that the child be detained in a youth residential centre or youth justice centre must be made in accordance with Subdivision (4) of Division 2 of Part 3 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**. S. 586(2) inserted by No. 48/2018 s. 3. (2) In sentencing a child aged 16 years or more but under 18 years at the time of the commission of an indictable offence, the Supreme Court or the County Court must have regard to any requirement in the **Sentencing Act 1991** that a specified minimum non-parole period of imprisonment be fixed or a specified minimum term of imprisonment be imposed, had the offence been committed by an adult. S. 587 substituted by Nos 52/2013 s. 55, 26/2023 s. 57.