CRIMES (RESTORATIVE JUSTICE) ACT 2004

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act  
• 3 Dictionary  
• 4 Notes  
• 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  

PART 2--UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES

• 6 Objects of Act  
• 7 Application of restorative justice  
• 8 When restorative justice is available  
• 9 No obligation to participate  

PART 3--KEY CONCEPTS

• 10 Definitions—restorative justice  
• 11 Definitions—child victim, parent and victim  
• 12 Definitions—offences and offenders  
• 13 Definition—sentence-related order  

PART 4--APPLICATION OF ACT

• 14 Application of Act—less serious offences  
• 15 Application of Act—serious offences  
• 16 Application of Act—family violence offences and sexual offences  

PART 5--ELIGIBILITY FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

• 17 Eligible victims  
• 18 Eligible parents  
• 19 Eligible offenders  
• 20 Accepting or not denying responsibility for offences  

PART 6--REFERRAL FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Division 6.1--Preliminary

• 21 Definitions—referral  

Division 6.2--General

• 22 Referring entities  
• 23 Referral—procedure  
• 24 Referral power  
• 25 Explanation of restorative justice  
• 26 Referral by DPP—less serious family violence offences and less serious sexual  

Division 6.3--Referral by courts

• 27 Referral during court proceeding—before offender enters plea  
• 28 Court referral orders—reports  

Division 6.4--Referrals not requiring offender notification

• 28A Referrals not requiring offender notification—post-sentence  

PART 7--SUITABILITY FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

• 29 Meaning of personal characteristics  
• 30 Suitability—eligibility requirement  
• 31 Finding of eligibility by referring entity  
• 32 Suitability—decision  
• 32A Explanation of restorative justice––before consent  
• 33 Suitability—general considerations  
• 34 Suitability—victims  
• 35 Suitability—eligible parents  
• 36 Suitability—offenders  

PART 8--RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCES AND AGREEMENTS

Division 8.1--General

• 37 Definitions—pt 8  
• 38 Meaning of referring entity—pt 8  
• 39 Decision to call conference  

Division 8.2--Convenors

• 40 Appointment of convenors  
• 41 What a convenor does  

Division 8.3--Conduct of conference

• 42 Required participants  
• 43 Substitute participants  
• 44 Invited participants  
• 45 Explanation for participants  
• 46 Form of conference  
• 47 Discontinuance of restorative justice  
• 48 Report to referring entity about outcome  

Division 8.4--Restorative justice agreements

• 49 Application—div 8.4  
• 50 Agreement as object of conference  
• 51 Nature of agreement  
• 52 Form of agreement  
• 53 Explanation of effect of agreement  
• 54 Notice of agreement  
• 55 Amendment of agreement  

Division 8.5--Monitoring compliance with restorative justice agreements

• 56 Application—div 8.5  
• 57 Monitoring compliance—director-general (restorative justice)  
• 58 Monitoring compliance—referring entities  

Division 8.6--Evidence of statements made at conferences

• 59 Evidence of offences  
• 60 Evidence of future offences  

PART 9--ADMINISTRATION

Division 9.1--General administration

• 61 Restorative justice guidelines  
• 62 Police participation in restorative justice  
• 63 Information sharing  
• 64 Secrecy  
• 65 Secrecy about information acquired under other Acts  
• 66 Protection from liability  

Division 9.2--Reporting and records

• 67 Meaning of referring entity—div 9.2  
• 68 Quarterly reporting by director-general  
• 69 Record-keeping by referring entities  
• 70 Record-keeping by director-general  
• 71 Restorative justice database  

PART 10--MISCELLANEOUS

• 72 Exercise of functions by director-general  
• 73 Approved forms  
• 74 Regulation-making power  
DICTIONARY ENDNOTES