South Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 15A

15A—Interpretation

For the purposes of this Part, the following matters must be taken into consideration by the DPP or the Magistrates Court (as the case requires) in deciding whether a youth poses an appreciable risk to the safety of the community:

            (a)         the gravity of the offence with which the youth is to be charged;

            (b)         if the offence to be charged is part of a pattern of repeated offending by the youth—that fact and the circumstances surrounding the alleged offence;

            (c)         the degree to which the youth has previously complied—

                  (i)         with any undertaking entered into by, or requirement or obligation imposed on, the youth under this Act; or

                  (ii)         with any bail agreement under the Bail Act 1985 ;

            (d)         if the youth has previously been detained under this Act—

                  (i)         the behaviour of the youth while so detained; and

                  (ii)         any rehabilitation of the youth while so detained;

            (e)         if the youth has previously been released on licence under this Act—the degree to which the youth complied with any condition specified in the licence;

            (f)         any other matter that the DPP or the Magistrates Court (as the case may be) thinks fit in the circumstances.