Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1997 - SECT 47

      (1) If a youth is found guilty of an offence, the Court may do one or more of the following:

(a) dismiss the charge and impose no further sentence;

(b) dismiss the charge and reprimand the youth;

(c) dismiss the charge and require the youth to enter into an undertaking to be of good behaviour;

(d) release the youth and adjourn the proceedings on conditions;

(e) impose a fine;

(f) make a probation order;

(g) order that the youth perform community service;

(h) make a detention order;

(i) in the case of a family violence offence, make a rehabilitation program order.

      (2) In addition to imposing a sentence under subsection (1), the Court may make one or more of the following orders:

(a) a suspended detention order;

(b) a restitution order;

(c) a compensation order;

(d) subject to this Act, any other order a court may make under another Act in respect of the offence of which the youth is found guilty.

      (3) If the Court considers it appropriate that the youth pay an amount by way of compensation and an amount by way of fine but the youth has insufficient resources to pay both amounts, the Court must give preference to ordering the youth to pay the compensation amount.

      (4) In determining what orders to make under subsections (1) and (2), the Court must have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including –

(a) the nature of the offence; and

(b) the youth's age and any sentences or sanctions previously imposed on the youth by any court or a community conference; and

(c) the impact the sentence will have on the youth's chances of rehabilitation generally or finding or retaining employment.