CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987

New South Wales Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Download] [Help]

CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) ACT 1987 - NOTES

- As at 3 November 2009 - Act 55 of 1987

Does not include amendments by:

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Naming of Children) Act 2009 No 81 (not commenced)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   20 March 1989
Reprint No 2   16 July 1990
Reprint No 3   21 July 1993
Reprint No 4   25 March 1997
Reprint No 5   21 March 2000
Reprint No 6   11 March 2003
Reprint No 7   29 August 2006
Reprint No 8   21 July 2009

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 No 55. Assented to 29.5.1987. Date of commencement (secs 1, 2 and 9 excepted), 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172; date of commencement of sec 9, 3.11.2008, sec 2 (1A) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10469. This Act has been amended as follows:

1987	No 238	Miscellaneous Acts (Victims Compensation) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, 15.2.1988, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 12.2.1988, p 832.
	No 266	Miscellaneous Acts (Fine Default) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, 18.1.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 8 of 15.1.1988, p 172.
	No 270	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, 28 days after assent.
1988	No 40	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 9.8.1988. Date of commencement of sec 4, 5.9.1988, sec 2 and GG No 140 of 2.9.1988, p 4556.
	No 99	Justices (Appeals) Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 19.12.1988. Date of commencement, 26.2.1989, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 24.2.1989, p 1133.
1989	No 75	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 2.6.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 9.7.1989, sec 2 and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3821.
	No 87	Sentencing Act 1989. Assented to 2.6.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 25.9.1989, sec 2 and GG No 89 of 18.8.1989, p 5662.
	No 132	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No 2) Act 1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.
	No 196	Fine Enforcement Legislation (Amendment) Act 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 9.2.1990, sec 2 and GG No 21 of 9.2.1990, p 1055.
	No 226	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.
1990	No 5	Crimes Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 22.5.1990. Date of commencement, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 12 of 24.1.1992, p 391.
	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. Date of commencement of paragraph (a) of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2; date of commencement of paragraph (b) of those provisions, 17.3.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 37 of 1.3.1991, p 1692.
1991	No 17	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, sec 2.
1992	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1993	No 33	Roads Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement, 1.7.1993, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3343.
1994	No 56	Courts Legislation (Crown Appeals) Amendment Act 1994. Assented to 28.9.1994. Date of commencement, 1.11.1994, sec 2 and GG No 145 of 28.10.1994, p 6449.
	No 95	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, assent, Sch 1.
1996	No 6	Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 5.6.1996. Date of commencement, 16.8.1996, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 16.8.1996, p 4609.
	No 99	Fines Act 1996. Assented to 26.11.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 27.1.1998, sec 2 (1) and GG No 1 of 2.1.1998, p 4.
1997	No 48	Crimes Amendment (Detention after Arrest) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Sch 2 was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008 No 54.
	No 54	Young Offenders Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.4.1998, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 3.4.1998, p 2291.
	No 143	Evidence (Children) Act 1997. Assented to 17.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.8.1999, sec 2 and GG No 86 of 30.7.1999, p 5224.
1998	No 53	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement, 31.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5746.
	No 99	Road Transport (Driver Licensing) Act 1998. Assented to 26.10.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 979.
	No 107	Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment (Bail Agreements) Act 1998. Assented to 9.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 1.10.2000, sec 2 and GG No 127 of 29.9.2000, p 10810.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 137	Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 973.
	No 149	Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 8.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 5.2.1999, p 391.
	No 150	Drug Court Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 5.2.1999, sec 2 and GG No 17 of 5.2.1999, p 575.
	No 158	Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2.5, 18.12.2000, sec 2 and GG No 159 of 8.12.2000, p 12781.
1999	No 19	Road Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 1.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.12.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 133 of 26.11.1999, p 10863.
	No 40	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement, 1.9.1999, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p 6685.
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.4, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of Sch 4.66, assent, sec 2 (4); date of commencement of Sch 4.82, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 43	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement, 31.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 93 of 21.7.2000, p 6457.
2001	No 100	Justice Legislation Amendment (Non-association and Place Restriction) Act 2001. Assented to 11.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 22.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 119 of 19.7.2002, p 5431.
	No 117	Criminal Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 18.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 21.12.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10437.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
	No 123	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Adult Detainees) Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement, 25.1.2002, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 25.1.2002, p 262.
2002	No 1	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 9.4.2002. Date of commencement, 26.4.2002, sec 2 and GG No 78 of 26.4.2002, p 2432.
	No 90	Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Amendment (Standard Minimum Sentencing) Act 2002. Assented to 22.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 1.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 263 of 20.12.2002, p 10741.
	No 130	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 17.12.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2 [1] and [4]-[7], 13.1.2003, sec 2 and GG No 13 of 10.1.2003, p 97; date of commencement of Sch 2 [2] and [3], 24.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 49 of 21.2.2003, p 2196.
2004	No 11	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 24.3.2004. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 68	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 103	Juvenile Offenders Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement, 20.12.2004, sec 2 and GG No 200 of 17.12.2004, p 9307.
2005	No 11	Road Transport (General) Act 2005. Assented to 14.4.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3.2, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of 30.9.2005, p 7674.
	No 25	Criminal Procedure Further Amendment (Evidence) Act 2005. Assented to 31.5.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 25.11.2005, sec 2 and GG No 142 of 25.11.2005, p 9653.
2006	No 41	Children (Detention Centres) Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 8.6.2006. Date of commencement, 1.7.2006, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 30.6.2006, p 4782.
	No 107	Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 29.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 6	Criminal Procedure Amendment (Vulnerable Persons) Act 2007. Assented to 15.6.2007. Date of commencement, 12.10.2007, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 12.10.2007, p 7729.
	No 30	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Publication of Names) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.9 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 54	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.11.2008, sec 2 (1) and GG No 138 of 31.10.2008, p 10469.
	No 85	Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Youth Conduct Orders) Act 2008. Assented to 13.11.2008. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (251) LW 26.6.2009.
	No 105	Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p 12303.
2009	No 37	Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Table of amendments

Sec 2	Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 3	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1993 No 33, Sch 1; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.3 [1]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.82 [1] [2]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [1]-[4]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [1]; 2005 No 11, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [2]-[6].
Sec 6	Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [7] [8].
Sec 7	Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 150, Sch 1.2; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 7A	Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 8	Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (2). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [6] [7].
Sec 9	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (3); 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [8]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 9A	Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (4). Rep 1988 No 40, sec 4 (a).
Sec 10	Am 1998 No 149, Sch 2.1 [1]-[3]; 2005 No 25, Sch 2.1; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 11	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (4); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [1]; 1997 No 143, Sch 1.1; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.66 [1] [2]; 2001 No 117, Sch 2 [1]-[6]; 2004 No 11, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2007 No 6, Sch 2.1; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [2]-[4].
Sec 12	Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (5). Am 1989 No 226, Sch 1; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 12A	Ins 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [2].
Sec 13	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (5); 2006 No 120, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [12] [13].
Sec 14	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 15	Am 1997 No 54, Sch 2 [1] [2].
Sec 18	Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [1]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [3]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 19	Subst 2001 No 123, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [2]-[4]; 2006 No 41, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [15]-[17].
Sec 21	Am 1998 No 137, Sch 2.3 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [9].
Sec 22	Rep 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 23	Rep 1987 No 266, Sch 1.
Sec 24	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (7). Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (7). Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [1].
Sec 25	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (8).
Sec 27	Subst 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (9). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [10] [11]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.9, 2.
Sec 28	Am 1998 No 99, Sch 1.1.
Sec 29	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (10).
Sec 30	Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (8).
Sec 31	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (11); 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [12]-[14]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 33	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (9); 1988 No 40, sec 4 (b) (c); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (12); 1989 No 87, Sch 4; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1997 No 54, Sch 2 [3]; 1998 No 158, Sch 2.5 [1]; 1999 No 19, Sch 2.3 [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [2]-[5]; 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [2] [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [15]; 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [1]; 2004 No 68, Sch 1; 2005 No 11, Sch 3.2 [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [19]-[30].
Sec 33A	Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1988 No 40, sec 4 (a). Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (13). Am 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [1]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [4]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [31] [32].
Sec 33AA	Ins 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [5]. Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [33]-[35].
Sec 33B	Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (10). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4. Ins 1990 No 5, sec 4.
Sec 33C	Ins 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [6]. Am 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [36]-[38]; 2008 No 105, Sch 2.2.
Sec 33D	Ins 2001 No 100, Sch 1.3 [1]. Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [39] [40]; 2009 No 37, Sch 1.3 [1] [2].
Sec 34	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (11); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [41].
Sec 35	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (14); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [42].
Sec 36	Am 1987 No 238, Sch 1; 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (12); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (15); 1998 No 120, Sch 2.3; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [7]-[9]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [43].
Sec 37	Subst 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (13); 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (16); Am 1989 No 196, Sch 5 (1); 1996 No 99, Sch 2.3 [1]; 2002 No 1, Sch 3.3 [3].
Sec 38	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (14); 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [44].
Sec 39	Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (17); 1994 No 95, Sch 1.
Sec 40	Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [2]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [10] [11]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [45].
Sec 41	Am 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [3]; 1999 No 40, Sch 1 [1]-[5]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [12]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [16]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 41A	Ins 1989 No 196, Sch 5 (2). Rep 1996 No 99, Sch 2.3 [2]. Ins 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [2]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [46].
Sec 42	Am 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (15); 1988 No 99, Sch 3; 1994 No 56, sec 3; 1998 No 107, Sch 3.1; 1998 No 137, Sch 2.3 [2] [3]; 1998 No 158, Sch 2.5 [2]. Rep 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [17]. Ins 2006 No 107, Sch 1.4.
Sec 43	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.4 [13].
Sec 46	Rep 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (18).
Part 4A, Divs 1-7 (secs 48A-48Y)	Ins 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 49	Am 1996 No 6, Sch 1.1 [3] [4]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [18]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 50	Am 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 50A	Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (19). Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [19]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.2 [2].
Sec 50B	Ins 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 51	Am 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [47].
Sec 52	Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (20).
Sch 1	Ins 1987 No 270, Sch 1 (16). Am 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (21). Rep 1989 No 87, Sch 4.
Sch 2	Ins 1989 No 75, Sch 1 (22). Am 1989 No 132, Sch 2; 1998 No 53, Sch 2 [4]-[6]; 1999 No 40, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.66 [3]; 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [6] [7]; 2001 No 100, Sch 1.3 [2] [3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.38 [20]; 2001 No 123, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2002 No 90, Sch 3.1 [3]; 2002 No 130, Sch 2 [6] [7]; 2004 No 11, Sch 2 [3] [4]; 2004 No 103, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2007 No 30, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2008 No 54, Sch 1 [48] [49]; 2008 No 85, Sch 1 [3] [4].
The whole Act	Am 2000 No 43, Sch 2 [1] (“serious indictable offence” omitted wherever occurring, “serious children’s indictable offence” inserted instead).