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Youth Justice Act 2005
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43 Publication of information of diversion
(1) If a person is found guilty of an offence, information concerning the
diversion of the person as a youth for that or any other offence may
be produced in the Youth Justice Court for the purpose of
determining the sentence to be imposed on the person for the
(2) Information and details of the diversion of a youth must not be
published, except as aggregated data for statistical purposes where
the information does not permit any particular youth to be identified.
(3) A person who publishes information in contravention of
subsection (2) commits an offence.
200 penalty units or imprisonment for
1 000 penalty units.
(4) In this section, a reference to the diversion of a youth includes a
reference to dealing with the youth under a scheme for the
diversion of youths operating in a State or another Territory that is
similar to the scheme operating under this Part.