25Reduced period applies for young reportable offenders

25 Reduced period applies for young reportable offenders

(1)  The reporting periods specified in section 24 do not apply to a person who was a child at the time when he or she committed each relevant offence.

(2)  [Section 25 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 11 of 2011, s. 8, Applied:16 Jun 2011] The maximum reporting period for a person who was a child at the time when he or she committed an offence referred to in section 24(1) must not exceed 4 years.

(3)  [Section 25 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 11 of 2011, s. 8, Applied:16 Jun 2011] The maximum reporting period for a person who was a child when he or she committed an offence referred to in section 24(2) or (3) must not exceed 7 years 6 months.