sec.81Committal proceeding if the offence is a serious offence

### sec.81 Committal proceeding if the offence is a serious offence This section applies to a proceeding to be conducted before a Childrens Court magistrate (the court ) in which a child is charged with a serious offence. A hearing of the charge before the court must be conducted as a committal proceeding. If the charge is changed to a charge of an offence other than a serious offence during the committal proceeding, subsection (1) is subject to divisions 3 and 4 . If, in the proceeding, the child is also charged with an offence other than a serious offence, the court may treat the charge as a charge of a serious offence for the purpose of this section. s 81 prev s 81 om 2002 No. 39 s 26 pres s 81 sub 1996 No. 22 s 25 ; 2002 No. 39 s 26 (sec.81-ssec.1) This section applies to a proceeding to be conducted before a Childrens Court magistrate (the court ) in which a child is charged with a serious offence. (sec.81-ssec.2) A hearing of the charge before the court must be conducted as a committal proceeding. (sec.81-ssec.3) If the charge is changed to a charge of an offence other than a serious offence during the committal proceeding, subsection (1) is subject to divisions 3 and 4 . (sec.81-ssec.4) If, in the proceeding, the child is also charged with an offence other than a serious offence, the court may treat the charge as a charge of a serious offence for the purpose of this section.