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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 30 Persons who may be present in Court

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 30

Division 2 - Confidentiality of proceedings Persons who may be present in Court

(1)  Only the following persons may be present at a sitting of the Court:
(a) the youth to whom the proceeding relates;
(b) the legal representative of the youth;
(c) the parents, other members of the youth's family and guardians of the youth;
(d) a responsible adult;
(e) the prosecutor;
(f) a person approved under section 4 or section 8(2)(b)(i) of the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001 while the youth or special witness who is being supported by the person remains in the Court;
(g) a witness while giving evidence or permitted by the Court to remain in the Court;
(h) State Service officers and State Service employees employed in the Department;
(i) if the youth is an Aboriginal person and consents to the presence of a representative of an organisation whose principal purpose is the provision of welfare services to Aboriginal persons, that representative;
(j) the victim;
(k) officers of the Court;
(l) a person engaged in professional study relevant to the operation of the Court or research if the Court permits the person to be present;
(m) a person who, in the Court's opinion, will assist the Court;
(n) any other person if the Court considers that the interests of justice require that person's presence;
(o) an infant or young child who is in the care of an adult present at the sitting.
(2)  Subject to sections 4 and 8 of the Evidence (Children and Special Witnesses) Act 2001 , the Court may exclude a person referred to in subsection (1) from the Court if it considers it necessary to do so in the interests of justice.