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Youth Justice Act 2005
84Court may order pre-sentencing conference
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84 Court may order pre-sentencing conference
(1) The Court may, when determining the appropriate sentence for a
youth who has been found guilty of an offence, adjourn the
proceedings and order the youth to participate in a pre-sentencing
conference.
(2) A pre-sentencing conference may be with any of the victims of the
offence the youth is charged with, community representatives,
members of the youth's family or any other persons as the Court
considers appropriate.
(3) The Court may:
(a) direct that the conference be convened at a specified time and
place; and
(b) appoint a person who is appropriately qualified as the
convenor of the conference.
(4) The convenor must report to the Court as to the outcome of the
conference.