211Children's Court may only consider certain reports and other matters

211 Children's Court may only consider certain reports and other matters

In determining what sentence to impose on a child for an offence, the Children's Court may take into account only the following—

(a) any pre-sentence report, and any supplementary pre-sentence report, in respect of the child and the evidence, if any, of its author;

(b) any pre-sentence group conference report in respect of the child and the evidence, if any, of the pre-sentence group conference convenor;

(c) any youth justice planning meeting report in respect of the child;

(d) any report, submission or evidence given, made or tendered by or on behalf of the child;

(e) any offences of which the child has been found guilty before the commission of the offence under consideration;

(f) any submission on sentencing made by—

(i) the informant; or

(ii) the prosecutor; or

(iii) any person appearing on behalf of the Crown;

(g) any victim impact statement including a report attached to it under section 212;

(h) any submission under section 221 on the unique systemic and background factors affecting the child;

(i) any specialist assessment report in respect of the child;

(j) any progress report in respect of the child;

The Children's Court may order a progress report in certain circumstances—see Division 9 of Part 9.2.

(k) any information provided to the Court by the DFFH Secretary or an Aboriginal agency under Part 9.1.