Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004
23Referral—procedure
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23 Referral—procedure (1) The referring entity must give a referral to the director-general (restorative justice). Note Section 72 deals with what happens if the referring entity is the same referral is made by the director-general as director-general (corrections) or director-general (children and young people). appropriate administrative arrangements are made for the referral to be given by a delegate of the director-general as director-general (corrections) or director-general (children and young people) to a delegate of the director-general as director-general (restorative justice). (2) The referral— (a) must be in writing, stating the grounds for referral; and (b) if the referring entity is a court—may be in the form of a court referral order or sentence-related order, or as a condition of a bail order. (3) This section does not apply if the referring entity is the Note The referring entity may be the director-general (restorative justice)