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.