33AACourt may request oral presentence report

33AA Court may request oral presentence report

[Section 33AA Inserted by No. 27 of 2013, s. 21, Applied:01 Mar 2014]

(1)  The Court may order a youth justice worker to provide to the Court a presentence report orally during a hearing of the Court, if the Court is of the opinion that it is appropriate to do so.

(2)  If a presentence report is provided orally by a youth justice worker in accordance with an order under subsection (1)  –

(a) sections 33 and 34 do not apply in relation to the report; and

(b) section 35 applies in relation to the report as if the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the author of a presentence report were a reference to the youth justice worker who gave the report.