South Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 10

10—Convening of family conference

        (1)         When a police officer notifies a Youth Justice Co-ordinator of an offence so that a family conference may be convened to deal with the matter, the officer must supply the Youth Justice Co-ordinator with the names and addresses of—

            (a)         the guardians of the youth; and

            (b)         any relatives of the youth who may, in the opinion of the officer, be able to participate usefully in the family conference; and

            (c)         any other person who has had a close association with the youth and may, in the opinion of the authorised officer, be able to participate usefully in the family conference; and

            (d)         the victim of the offence and, if the victim is a youth, the guardians of the victim.

        (2)         The Youth Justice Co-ordinator—

            (a)         will fix a time and place for the family conference; and

            (b)         will issue a notice requiring the youth to attend at that time and place; and

            (c)         will invite the persons referred to in subsection (1) and, in the case of the victim of the offence, will invite the victim to bring along some person of the victim's choice to provide assistance and support; and

            (d)         will invite other persons, whom the Youth Justice Co-ordinator, after consultation with the youth and members of the youth's family, thinks appropriate to attend the conference at that time and place.