403Secretary may apply to Children's Court to be heard

403 Secretary may apply to Children's Court to be heard

(1) The Secretary may apply to the Children's Court requesting to be heard in relation to any matter in a criminal proceeding or in any other application before the Court relating to a charge or a criminal proceeding in relation to a child, whether or not the Secretary is a party to the proceeding.

(2) If the Children's Court orders that the Secretary may be heard, subject to that order, the Secretary may be heard in any appropriate manner, including by making oral or written submissions or giving oral or written advice.

(3) If the Secretary provides any information to the Children's Court about a child who has not been found guilty of an offence, the information must not relate to whether the child is guilty of an offence for which the child has not yet pleaded guilty or been found guilty.

Part 9.2—Reports to the Court

Division 1—General provisions for reports to the Children's Court

404 Application of Division

This Division applies to the following reports—

(a) specialist assessment reports;

(b) pre-sentence reports;

(c) supplementary pre-sentence reports;

(d) pre-sentence group conference reports;

(e) variation reports;

(f) contravention reports;

(g) youth justice planning meeting reports;

(h) judicial monitoring reports;

(i) progress reports.