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Youth Justice Act 2005
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101 Circumstances in which alternative detention order may be
made
(1) The Court can only make an alternative detention order if it is
satisfied that:
(a) suitable arrangements are available for the youth to reside at
the premises or place specified in the report; and
(b) the premises or place specified in the report is suitable for the
purposes of the order; and
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(c) the making of the order is not likely to inconvenience or put at
risk other persons living in those premises or at that place or
the community generally; and
(d) the youth is a suitable person for alternative detention.
(2) In order to be satisfied as to those matters, the Court must require
from the CEO a report.
(3) The CEO must prepare and provide to the Court a report
addressing the matters referred to in subsection (1) and any other
matters specified by the Court.
(4) In preparing the report, the CEO must take into account the views
of those members of the community who, in the opinion of the CEO,
may be affected by the making of the order.