YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 34 Who may participate in conference

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 34

34 Who may participate in conference

(1) The following persons are entitled to participate in the conference—

(a) the child;

(b) the victim;

(c) the convenor;

(d) a representative of the commissioner of the police service;

(e) a parent of the child;

(f) if requested by the child, 1 or more of the following—

(i) the child’s legal representative;

(ii) a member of the child’s family;

(iii) another adult;

(g) if requested by the victim, 1 or more of the following—

(i) the victim’s legal representative;

(ii) a member of the victim’s family;

(iii) another adult;

(h) another person approved by the convenor.

Examples for paragraph (h)—

1 a representative of the chief executive

2 a person present for the purpose of training, research or education

3 for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child who is from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, a respected person of the community or a representative of a community justice group that may be in the community

(2) To ensure that a victim of the offence is informed of his or her entitlement to participate in the conference, the referring authority must give the chief executive contact information for the victims of the offence.

(3) For subsection (1) (h) , if the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, the convenor must consider inviting to attend the conference either or both of the following—

(a) a respected person of the community;

(b) if there is a community justice group in the community—a representative of the community justice group.