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Youth Justice Act 2005
48Where Youth Justice Court may be held
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48 Where Youth Justice Court may be held
(1) The Youth Justice Court may sit in the locations (including a place
outside the Territory) that the Minister directs and in any building
approved by the Minister for the holding of the Court.
(2) The Minister must ensure that the places for the Court to sit:
(a) provide adequate and appropriate facilities for the proceedings
of the Court; and
(b) as far as practicable are separate from the places in which
proceedings in relation to adults are being held.
(3) Despite subsection (1), if the Court considers it is expedient to sit in
another place, the Court may sit in that other place.