Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a proceeding to be conducted before a Childrens Court magistrate (the court) in which a child is charged with a serious offence.
(2) A hearing of the charge before the court must be conducted as a committal proceeding.
(3) If the charge is changed to a charge of an offence other than a serious offence during the committal proceeding, subsection (1) is subject to divisions 3 and 4.
(4) If, in the proceeding, the child is also charged with an offence other than a serious offence, the court may treat the charge as a charge of a serious offence for the purpose of this section.