140Referred proceedings valid

140 Referred proceedings valid If proceedings are referred to the Youth Justice Court under section 137: (a) the proceedings must be dealt with under this Act from the date of referral, despite that before that date the proceedings or any part of those proceedings did not comply with this Act or that a requirement of this Act had not been complied with; and (b) the proceedings are not invalid only because, before the date of the referral, those proceedings did not comply with this Act or a requirement of this Act had not been complied with.

Youth Justice Act 2005 82 Part 6AA Community youth justice officers and monitoring 140AA Community youth justice officers (1) The CEO may appoint a public sector employee to be a community youth justice officer. (2) A community youth justice officer: (a) has the following functions: (i) to prepare reports for the Court as required; (ii) to supervise a youth who is the subject of supervision under a non-custodial order; (iii) to monitor the compliance of a youth who is the subject of a monitoring order with the conditions of the order; (iv) other duties as directed by a court or the CEO; (v) any other functions conferred by this or any other Act; and (b) has the powers necessary to perform those functions and any other powers conferred by this or any other Act. (3) The CEO may exercise the powers and perform the functions of a community youth justice officer conferred by this or any other Act. non-custodial order means any of the following: (a) a monitoring order; (b) a community work order; (c) any other order made under this Act or the Sentencing Act 1995 that requires a youth to be supervised.

Youth Justice Act 2005 83 140AB Approval of monitoring devices The CEO may approve a monitoring device for use to monitor the location and activities of youth who are subject to monitoring orders. 140AC Direction by community youth justice officer (1) A community youth justice officer may give a youth who is subject to a monitoring order any reasonable direction that the officer considers appropriate. (2) The direction may be about a matter dealt with in the youth's monitoring order, but the direction must not contradict the conditions of the order. (3) A failure by a youth to comply with the direction is taken to be a breach of the conditions of the monitoring order. 140AD CEO may direct use of approved monitoring device The CEO may direct a youth who is subject to a monitoring order to submit to the use of an approved monitoring device (including its attachment to the youth) to monitor the youth's compliance with the order. 140AE Compliance with monitoring order (1) This section applies in relation to a youth who is subject to a monitoring order. (2) A community youth justice officer may do one or more of the (a) enter the approved residence; (b) search the approved residence; (c) search the youth; (d) place on, or attach to, the youth an approved monitoring device; (e) at the approved residence, do either or both of the following: (i) install an approved monitoring device and related equipment; (ii) inspect or remove any installed device or equipment.