Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a proceeding before a court in which a child is charged with an offence.
(2) The chief executive is entitled to be heard by the court on matters mentioned in subsection (3), even though the chief executive is not a party to the proceeding.
(3) The matters are--
(a) adjournment of the proceeding; and
(b) matters relating to the custody or release from custody of the child pending completion of the proceeding; and
(c) sentence orders that may be made against the child; and
(d) without limiting paragraphs (a) to (c), matters on which the court considers the chief executive should be heard.
(4) However, the chief executive must not be heard on an issue under section 234.
(5) If the chief executive is a party to the proceeding, the chief executive may appear and be represented by an officer of the department.