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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.252FGeneral options available to a court before which a child is ordered to appear
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### sec.252F General options available to a court before which a child is ordered to appear
This section applies if—
the chief executive applies to a Childrens Court magistrate under section 252C for a finding that a child has contravened a supervised release order; and
under section 252D , the magistrate orders the child to appear before another court; and
the child appears before the other court; and
the other court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the matter alleged against the child in the chief executive’s application.
This section also applies if —
a child has been ordered by a court to appear before another court under section 252E ; and
the child appears before the other court.
The other court may—
if the court considers the child should be given a further opportunity to satisfy the conditions of the order—order that no further action be taken; or
order the child to be returned to the detention centre and set a day on which the chief executive must make another supervised release order releasing the child from detention; or
order the child to be returned to the detention centre for the unexpired part of the child’s sentence.
For subsection (1) (d) , the proceeding before the other court must be heard and decided by a judge sitting without a jury.
s 252F ins 2009 No. 34 s 37
(sec.252F-ssec.1) This section applies if— the chief executive applies to a Childrens Court magistrate under section 252C for a finding that a child has contravened a supervised release order; and under section 252D , the magistrate orders the child to appear before another court; and the child appears before the other court; and the other court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the matter alleged against the child in the chief executive’s application.
(sec.252F-ssec.2) This section also applies if — a child has been ordered by a court to appear before another court under section 252E ; and the child appears before the other court.
(sec.252F-ssec.3) The other court may— if the court considers the child should be given a further opportunity to satisfy the conditions of the order—order that no further action be taken; or order the child to be returned to the detention centre and set a day on which the chief executive must make another supervised release order releasing the child from detention; or order the child to be returned to the detention centre for the unexpired part of the child’s sentence.
(sec.252F-ssec.4) For subsection (1) (d) , the proceeding before the other court must be heard and decided by a judge sitting without a jury.
- (a) the chief executive applies to a Childrens Court magistrate under section 252C for a finding that a child has contravened a supervised release order; and
- (b) under section 252D , the magistrate orders the child to appear before another court; and
- (c) the child appears before the other court; and
- (d) the other court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt of the matter alleged against the child in the chief executive’s application.
- (a) a child has been ordered by a court to appear before another court under section 252E ; and
- (b) the child appears before the other court.
- (a) if the court considers the child should be given a further opportunity to satisfy the conditions of the order—order that no further action be taken; or
- (b) order the child to be returned to the detention centre and set a day on which the chief executive must make another supervised release order releasing the child from detention; or
- (c) order the child to be returned to the detention centre for the unexpired part of the child’s sentence.