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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.243Court may resentence child originally sentenced by lower court
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### sec.243 Court may resentence child originally sentenced by lower court
This section applies to a court acting under section 242 (3) (a) in relation to a community based order that it did not make.
If the court is the Supreme Court or a Childrens Court judge and the court that made the order is a Childrens Court magistrate, it may make a sentence order under the following provisions that a Childrens Court magistrate could make in the same circumstances—
for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ;
for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .
A sentence order made under subsection (2) —
for the purposes of an appeal, is taken to be a sentence order made on indictment; but
for all other purposes, is taken to be a sentence order made by a Childrens Court magistrate.
If the court is the Supreme Court and the court that made the order is a Childrens Court judge, it may make a sentence order under the following provisions that a Childrens Court judge could make in the same circumstances—
for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ;
for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .
A sentence order made under subsection (4) is taken to be a sentence order made by the Childrens Court judge.
s 243 ins 2002 No. 39 s 98
amd 2012 No. 41 s 31 ; 2014 No. 9 s 15D ; 2016 No. 38 s 38 ; 2023 No. 3 s 25A
(sec.243-ssec.1) This section applies to a court acting under section 242 (3) (a) in relation to a community based order that it did not make.
(sec.243-ssec.2) If the court is the Supreme Court or a Childrens Court judge and the court that made the order is a Childrens Court magistrate, it may make a sentence order under the following provisions that a Childrens Court magistrate could make in the same circumstances— for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ; for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .
(sec.243-ssec.3) A sentence order made under subsection (2) — for the purposes of an appeal, is taken to be a sentence order made on indictment; but for all other purposes, is taken to be a sentence order made by a Childrens Court magistrate.
(sec.243-ssec.4) If the court is the Supreme Court and the court that made the order is a Childrens Court judge, it may make a sentence order under the following provisions that a Childrens Court judge could make in the same circumstances— for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ; for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .
(sec.243-ssec.5) A sentence order made under subsection (4) is taken to be a sentence order made by the Childrens Court judge.
- (a) for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ;
- (b) for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .
- (a) for the purposes of an appeal, is taken to be a sentence order made on indictment; but
- (b) for all other purposes, is taken to be a sentence order made by a Childrens Court magistrate.
- (a) for an order other than a conditional release order— section 245 (1) (d) (ii) ;
- (b) for a conditional release order— section 246 (2) or 246A (2) .