Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 (Qld)

Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002

Queensland JUVENILE JUSTICE AMENDMENT ACT 2002 Act No. 39 of 2002

Queensland JUVENILE JUSTICE AMENDMENT ACT 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992 3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 Replacement of s 4 (Principles of juvenile justice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4 Juvenile justice principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 Amendment of s 5 (Deﬁnitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6 Insertion of new s 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5A Note in text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7 Replacement of pts 1B–1C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PART 1A—SPECIAL PROVISIONS ABOUT POLICING AND CHILDREN Division 1—Police ofﬁcer must consider appropriate way to proceed 9A Division does not apply to 2 general ways of proceeding . . . . . . . . . 23 10 Police ofﬁcer to consider alternatives to proceeding against child . . 23 11 Preferred way for police ofﬁcer to start proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12 Police ofﬁcer’s power of arrest preserved in particular general circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Division 2—Cautioning 13 Purpose of caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 14 Police ofﬁcer may administer a caution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 15 Conditions for administration of police caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 16 Caution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Caution procedure must involve explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Caution procedure may involve apology to victim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Child must be given a notice of caution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Childrens Court may dismiss charge if caution should have been administered or no action taken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3—Reference by police ofﬁcer to coordinator for a conference 21 When a police ofﬁcer may refer an offence for a conference . . . . . . 22 If a conference agreement is made on a referral by a police ofﬁcer . 23 Powers of police ofﬁcer if referral is unsuccessful or if child contravenes conference agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Identifying particulars 24 Application by police ofﬁcer for permission to take child’s identifying particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Support person must be present when identifying particulars are taken .......................................... 26 Destruction of identifying particulars taken under court order . . . . . 27 Division does not limit other provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5—Statements 28 Support person must be present for statement to be admissible . . . . PART 1B—YOUTH JUSTICE CONFERENCES GENERALLY 29 Object of part and explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appointment of coordinator and approval of convenor . . . . . . . . . . . 30A Protection against liability for convenor or coordinator . . . . . . . . . . 30B Who may refer an offence to a coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30C Who may participate in a conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30D Convening of a conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30E Coordinator may persist in efforts to achieve a conference agreement ....................................... 30F Form and content of conference agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30G Intervention of chief executive to correct conference agreement . . . 30H If the chief executive amends the conference agreement. . . . . . . . . . 30I Admissibility of a conference agreement and related evidence . . . 30J If chief executive signs agreement for program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 27 27 27 28 29 30 30 31 33 34 35 35 36 38 39 39 39 40 41 41 43 43 43 44

3 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 8 Replacement of pt 2 hdg (Start of proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 9 Replacement of pt 2, divs 1–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 31 Preferred way of starting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 10 Omission of pt 2, div 4, hdg (Complaint and summons). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 11 Amendment of s 32 (Service of complaint and summons if offender a child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 12 Insertion of new s 37A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 37A Decisions about bail and related matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 13 Amendment of s 38 (Arrested child must be brought promptly before the Childrens Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 14 Replacement of s 39 (Child must ordinarily be released from custody on charge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 39 Dealing with a child if court can not be promptly constituted. . . . . . 48 15 Amendment of s 40 (Child must be given release notice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 16 Insertion of new ss 40A and 40B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 40A Conditions of release on bail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 40B Granting of bail by audiovisual link or audio link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 17 Amendment of s 42 (Court may in all cases release child without bail). . . . 51 18 Amendment of s 43 (Custody of child if not released by court) . . . . . . . . . . 51 19 Amendment of s 49 (Childrens Court judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 20 Amendment of s 50 (District Court jurisdiction in aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 21 Amendment of s 52 (Magistrates Court jurisdiction in aid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 22 Amendment of s 54 (Limitation on justices). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 23 Amendment of s 56 (Presence of parent required generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 24 Amendment of s 60 (Chief executive’s right of audience generally) . . . . . . 53 25 Omission of s 62 (Publication prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 26 Replacement of pt 4, divs 2–4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Division 2—Decision on how to proceed at start of proceedings for an indictable offence before a Childrens Court magistrate Subdivision 1—Procedure for serious offences 68 Committal proceeding if the offence is a serious offence . . . . . . . . . 54 Subdivision 2—Procedure for indictable offences other than serious offences if child is legally represented 69 Application of sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

4 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 69A Explanation and election at start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69B Procedure on summary hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 3—Procedure for indictable offences other than serious offences if child is not legally represented 69C Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69D Start as committal proceeding and explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3—Election for summary hearing for indictable offences other than serious offences after the prosecution evidence has been adduced 70 Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70A Explanation of election at end of prosecution case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70B Procedure on summary hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Procedure if a child enters a plea of guilty at a committal proceeding 71 Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71A If the offence is a supreme court offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71B If the offence is a serious offence other than a supreme court offence .......................................... 71C If the offence is an indictable offence other than a serious offence ....................................... Division 4A—Procedure after all evidence has been adduced in a committal proceeding 72 Application of div 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72A If the offence is a supreme court offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72B If the offence is not a supreme court offence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4B—Election procedure if child committed for trial before a Childrens Court judge 73 Application of div 4B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73A Election for trial with or without jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4C—Jurisdiction of Childrens Court judge Subdivision 1—Jurisdiction generally 74 Childrens Court judge to have criminal jurisdiction over child charged with indictable offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74A Sentencing for summary offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74B General laws relating to indictable offence apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2—Whether a jury is required 55 55 56 56 57 57 58 58 58 58 59 59 59 60 60 60 61 61 61

5 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 75 When a jury is not required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 75A Committal charge—change to jury requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 75B Charge other than committal charge—election by legally represented child for trial with or without jury . . . . . . . . . . . 63 75C When a trial by jury is necessary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Subdivision 3—Change of guilty plea 76 Child may change plea of guilty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 27 Replacement of pt 4, div 5, hdg (Rules applying if child and another person are charged). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 28 Replacement of s 86 (Prosecution may request a matter proceed as a committal to the Supreme or the District Court in order to ensure joint trial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 86 Committal or committal proceeding for joint trial with another person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 29 Insertion of new pt 4, div 5, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Subdivision 2—Removal of committed proceeding to another jurisdiction for joint trial 86A Deﬁnitions for sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 86B Removal to another jurisdiction for joint trial with another person. . 65 86C Formal removal to another jurisdiction for joint trial involving another charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 86D Concurrent jurisdiction available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 86E Removal ends possibility of trial without jury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 30 Replacement of s 87 (Appeal rights generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Subdivision 1—General 87 Appeal rights generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 87A Community based orders stayed during appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Subdivision 2—Court of Appeal 87B Appeals to Court of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Subdivision 3—Appeals to Childrens Court judge 87C Appeals under Justices Act 1886, pt 9, div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Subdivision 4—Reviews of sentences by Childrens Court judge’. 31 Amendment of s 89 (Application for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 32 Amendment of s 91 (Stay of proceedings and suspension of orders) . . . . . . 68 33 Amendment of s 95 (Incidents of review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 34 Replacement of ss 98 and 98A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 98 Court may reopen proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 35 Omission of pt 4, div 8, hdg (Special sentencing provisions relating to detainee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 36 Relocation and renumbering of s 102 (Extension of Act for detainee offender) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 37 Insertion of new pt 4, div 9, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 38 Amendment of s 103 (Deﬁnitions for pt 4, div 9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 39 Insertion of new s 103A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 103A Reference to “offence” includes alleged offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 40 Insertion of new pt 4, div 9, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 41 Amendment of s 104 (Offender treated as child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 42 Insertion of new pt 4, div 9, sdiv 3 and sdiv 4, hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Subdivision 3—Where offender is to be detained 104A Offender remanded in custody for adult offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 104B Offender remanded in custody for child offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 104C Offender remanded in custody for adult offence and child offence. . 73 104D Dealing with offender held in corrective services facility . . . . . . . . . 74 104E Application to be held in detention centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Subdivision 4—Circumstances affecting whether offender is treated as adult or child’. 43 Amendment of s 105 (When offender must be treated as an adult) . . . . . . . 76 44 Amendment of s 106 (When offender may be treated as an adult) . . . . . . . . 76 45 Amendment of s 107 (Continuing effect on offender of orders made when child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 46 Amendment of s 107A (When order made as child may be dealt with as adult order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 47 Amendment of s 107B (Sentencing offender as adult) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 48 Insertion of new pt 4, div 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Division 10—Some provisions about admissibility of childhood offences 107E Use of evidence of cautions and conferences in deciding issue of criminal responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 49 Amendment of s 109 (Sentencing principles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 50 Amendment of s 110 (Presentence report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 51 Amendment of s 114 (Evidence of childhood ﬁnding of guilt not admissible against adult) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 52 Omission of s 114A (Particular cautions and community conference agreements admissible as part of person’s criminal history). . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 53 Amendment of s 118 (Children entitled to explanation of sentence) . . . . . . 80 54 Amendment of s 118A (Audio visual link or audio link may be used to sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 55 Amendment of pt 5, div 1A, hdg (Court referred community conferences before sentencing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 56 Insertion of new pt 5, div 1A, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 57 Replacement of s 119A (Reference to community conference by court) . . . 80 119A Reference by court to a coordinator for a conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 58 Insertion of new s 119AA and pt 5, div 1A, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 119AA Reference back to court from conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Subdivision 2—Indeﬁnite referral’. 59 Amendment of s 119B (If an agreement is made on an indeﬁnite referral by a court). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 60 Amendment of s 119C (Powers of proper ofﬁcer if indeﬁnite referral is unsuccessful or if child contravenes agreement made on court’s indeﬁnite referral) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 61 Insertion of new pt 5, div 1A, sdiv 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 62 Amendment of s 119D (If an agreement is made on a referral by a court before sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 63 Insertion of new pt 5, div 1A, sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Subdivision 4—No further action instead of sentence 119E Court may take no further action if agreement is made. . . . . . . . . . . 85 64 Amendment of s 120 (Sentence orders—general) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 65 Amendment of s 121 (Sentence orders—serious offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 66 Amendment of s 121A (More than 1 type of order may be made for a single offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 67 Replacement of ss 121B and 121C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 121B Combination of probation and community service orders. . . . . . . . . 88 121C Combination of intensive supervision order and probation or detention order prohibited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 121D Combination of detention order and other orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 68 Amendment of s 124 (Recording of conviction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

8 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 69 Insertion of new s 127A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 127A Reference to complying with, or contravening, an order. . . . . . . . . . 89 70 Amendment of s 132 (Probation orders—requirements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 71 Amendment of s 133 (Child must be willing to comply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 72 Omission of ss 134–145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 73 Amendment of s 146 (Preconditions to making of community service order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 74 Amendment of s 147 (Requirements to be set out in community service order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 75 Amendment of s 149 (Community service to be performed within limited period) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 76 Insertion of new s 151A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 151A Cumulative effect of child and adult community service orders . . . . 91 77 Amendment of s 152 (Ending of community service order). . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 78 Replacement of ss 153–163. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Division 6A—Intensive supervision order 153 Preconditions to making of intensive supervision order . . . . . . . . . . 92 154 Intensive supervision order—requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 155 Program period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 156 Suspension of intensive supervision program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 79 Amendment of s 167 (Detention to be served in detention centre). . . . . . . . 95 80 Amendment of s 172 (Period of escape or release pending appeal not counted as detention). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 81 Amendment of s 172A (Application for variation of detention order in interests of justice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 82 Amendment of s 173 (Multiple orders of detention and imprisonment against person as adult and child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 83 Amendment of s 174 (Period of custody on remand to be treated as detention on sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 84 Amendment of pt 5, div 7, sdiv 2, hdg (Immediate release order) . . . . . . . . 96 85 Amendment of s 175 (Purpose of immediate release order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 86 Amendment of s 176 (Immediate release order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 87 Replacement of s 177 (Immediate release order—requirements) . . . . . . . . . 97 177 Conditional release order—requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 88 Amendment of s 178 (Child must be willing to comply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

9 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 89 Replacement of s 179 (Presentence report must support immediate release order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 179 Presentence report must include particular comments . . . . . . . . . . . 98 90 Amendment of s 180 (Effect of program period ending) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 91 Insertion of new s 181 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 181 Program period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 92 Amendment of s 182 (Suspension of program period) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 93 Omission of ss 183–187 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 94 Replacement of s 189 (Chief executive’s ﬁxed release order) . . . . . . . . . . . 99 189 Chief executive’s supervised release order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 189A Child may be released from detention while absent from place of detention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 95 Amendment of s 190 (Release period counts as part of detention period) . . 101 96 Replacement of s 191 (Cancellation of release order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 191 Cancellation of supervised release order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 97 Insertion of new pt 5, div 7, sdiv 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Subdivision 5—Publication orders 191C Court may allow publication of identifying information . . . . . . . . . . 103 98 Insertion of new pt 5, div 8A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Division 8A—Contravention of community based orders and related matters 192A Reference to “child”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 192B Chief executive must warn child about contravention . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 192C Chief executive’s application on contravention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 192D Cancellation of warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 192E General options available on breach of order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 192F General options available to superior court to which child committed for breach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 192G General options available to court before which child found guilty of an indictable offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 192H Court may resentence child originally sentenced by lower court . . . 108 192I General options available to court to which child committed for breach by indictable offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 192J Court’s power on breach of order other than conditional release order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

10 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 192K Court’s power on breach of conditional release order . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 192L Variation, discharge and resentence in the interests of justice. . . . . . 111 192M Detention reduced to the extent just. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 192N Matters relevant to making further order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 192O Afﬁdavits may be used in certain proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 192P Notice of discharge etc. of community based order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 192Q Variations by consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 99 Amendment of s 194A (Court may order sentenced child’s identifying particulars to be taken) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 100 Amendment of s 195 (Civil compensation orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 101 Amendment of s 203 (Management of detention centres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 102 Replacement of s 209 (Child must be given an explanation on entry to detention centre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 209 Child must be given information on entry to detention centre . . . . . 115 209A Obligation to report harm to children in detention centres . . . . . . . . 116 103 Amendment of s 211 (Childrens Court may order transfer to prison) . . . . . 116 104 Insertion of new ss 213A–213B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 213A Commissioner of police service to provide criminal history . . . . . . . 117 213AA Use of criminal history information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 213B Helping child gain access to legal practitioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 105 Amendment of s 214 (Protection of legal practitioner representing child) . . 118 106 Amendment of s 219 (Escape) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 107 Omission of ss 220–221 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 108 Amendment of s 224AA (Detainees trust fund to be kept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 109 Insertion of new pt 6A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 PART 6A—CONFIDENTIALITY Division 1—Preliminary 224AB Conﬁdential information to which this part applies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 224AC Deﬁnitions for pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 224AD When does someone gain information through involvement in the administration of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 224AE Meaning of “disclose” for pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Division 2—Preservation of conﬁdentiality generally

11 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 224AF Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 224AG Preservation of conﬁdentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 224AH Recording, use or disclosure for authorised purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 224AI Disclosure to the child or with the child’s consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 224AJ Disclosure to Commissioner for Children and Young People . . . . . . 122 224AK Disclosure to ensure someone’s safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 224AL Disclosure by chief executive to approved foster carers and others . 123 224AM Disclosure to law enforcement entity in another jurisdiction . . . . . 123 224AN Disclosure by police of information about cautions and youth justice conferences and agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 224AO Disclosure by coordinator or convenor of information about conference agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 224AP Disclosure by chief executive of information for research purposes 125 Division 3—Conﬁdentiality in relation to proceedings 224AQ Disclosure of information to court or tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 224AR Production of department’s records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Division 4—Other matters relating to conﬁdential information 224AS Identity of ofﬁcer making a report under s 209A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 224AT Prohibition of publication of identifying information about a child . 127 110 Amendment of s 224A (Programs and services for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 111 Insertion of new s 224AV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 224AV Chief executive must collect and keep information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 112 Omission of s 226 (Preservation of conﬁdentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 113 Amendment of s 233 (Regulations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 114 Amendment of s 236 (Application of Act to matters before JuvenileJustice Legislation Amendment Act 1996) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 115 Insertion of new pt 8, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Division 3—Transitional provisions for the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 Subdivision 1—Interpretation 241 Deﬁnitions for pt 8, div 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Subdivision 2—References 242 References to community conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 243 References to immediate release orders and ﬁxed release orders . . . 131

12 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 244 References to attendance notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Subdivision 3—Investigation provisions 245 Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 246 Identifying particulars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Subdivision 4—Cautions and community conferences 247 Cautioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 248 Community conferencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Subdivision 5—Start of proceedings 249 Start of proceedings by a police ofﬁcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Subdivision 6—Bail and custody of children 250 Police decision about bail or a related matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Subdivision 7—Jurisdiction and proceedings 251 Generally in relation to new pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 252 Transitional provision for current pt 4, divs 2–5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 253 Transitional provision for appeals under JusticesAct1886, pt 9, div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 254 Child offender who becomes an adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Subdivision 8—Sentencing 255 Sentencing generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 256 Current community based orders made by District Court . . . . . . . . . 137 257 Contravention of a current probation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 258 Cumulative effect of child and adult community service orders . . . . 138 259 Contravention of a community service order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 260 Contravention of a conditional release order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 261 Contravention of community based orders generally . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Subdivision 9—Renumbering 262 Renumbering of Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 116 Amendment of schedule (Regulation making power). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 117 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 SCHEDULE 1 CHARTER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PRINCIPLES 118 Insertion of new schs 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 SCHEDULE 3

13 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 RENUMBERED CROSS REFERENCES SCHEDULE 4 DICTIONARY PART 3—AMENDMENT OF ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 119 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 120 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions) . 148 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 121 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 122 Amendment of s 6 (Deﬁnitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 123 Amendment of s 7 (Power of police ofﬁcer to grant bail). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 124 Amendment of s 11A (Release of intellectually impaired person) . . . . . . . . 149 125 Amendment of s 12 (Restriction on publication of information, evidence and the like given in bail application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 126 Amendment of s 14 (Release of persons apprehended on making deposit of money as security for appearance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 127 Amendment of s 15 (Procedure upon application for bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 128 Amendment of s 16 (Refusal of bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 129 Replacement of s 19A (Consideration of ﬁndings of guilt, cautions and community conference agreements as child for decisions about release from custody) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 19A Consideration of unrecorded convictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 130 Amendment of s 19B (Review of particular decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 131 Amendment of s 19C (Review by Supreme Court of magistrate’s decision on a review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 132 Amendment of s 20 (Undertaking as to bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 133 Amendment of s 28A (Other warrants for apprehension of defendant) . . . . 152 134 Amendment of s 29 (Offence to breach conditions of bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 135 Amendment of s 33 (Failure to appear in accordance with undertaking) . . . 153 PART 5—AMENDMENT OF CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992 136 Act amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 137 Amendment of s 5 (Members and constitution of the Childrens Court) . . . . 153 138 Renumbering of pt 5 (General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 139 Renumbering of ss 22–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 140 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

14 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 PART 5—JURY TRIALS 22 Jury in criminal trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 23 Issues of law and fact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 141 Amendment of s 24 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 PART 6—AMENDMENT OF COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2000 142 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 143 Amendment of s 32 (Subject matter of complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 PART 7—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 144 Act amended in pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 145 Amendment of s 669A (Appeal by Attorney-General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 PART 8—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE VICTIMS ACT 1995 146 Act amended in pt 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 147 Amendment of s 14 (Information during sentencing of impact of crime on victim) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 148 Amendment of s 15 (Information about investigation and prosecution of offender) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 PART 9—AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 149 Act amended in pt 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 150 Insertion of new s 61A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 61A No general criminal jurisdiction over a child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 PART 10—AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977 151 Act amended in pt 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 152 Amendment of s 39B (Application of pt 3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 PART 11—AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995 153 Act amended in pt 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 154 Amendment of s 4 (Qualiﬁcation to serve as juror) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 155 Amendment of s 13 (Practice directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 156 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 PART 12—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 157 Act amended in pt 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 158 Insertion of new s 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

15 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 2 Note in text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 159 Amendment of s 222 (Appeal to a single judge). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 PART 13—AMENDMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 160 Act amended in pt 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 161 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 PART 14—AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 162 Act amended in pt 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 163 Amendment of s 198 (Arrest without warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 164 Amendment of s 200 (Arrest of person granted bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 165 Amendment of s 201 (Arrest of person given notice to appear or summons) 162 166 Amendment of s 204 (Issue of arrest warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 167 Omission of s 207 (Police ofﬁcer to consider alternatives to proceeding against child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 168 Amendment of s 212 (Additional case when arrest of child may be discontinued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 169 Amendment of s 214 (Notice to appear may be issued for offence) . . . . . . . 163 170 Insertion of new s 214A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 214A Notice to appear must be served discreetly on a child. . . . . . . . . . . . 163 171 Amendment of s 215 (Notice to appear form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 172 Replacement of s 216 (Notice to appear must be ﬁled in court without cost to person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 216 Filing of notice to appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 173 Amendment of s 218 (Particulars of notice to appear offence must be given in the proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 174 Amendment of s 219 (Notice to appear equivalent to a complaint and summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 175 Amendment of s 220 (Court may order immediate arrest of person who fails to appear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 176 Amendment of s 221 (Court must strike out notice to appear if service insufﬁcient) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 177 Replacement of s 223 (Parent and chief executive must be advised of arrest of child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 223 Parent and chief executive to be advised of arrest or service of notice to appear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

16 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 178 Amendment of s 225 (Duty of police ofﬁcer receiving custody of person arrested for offence). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 179 Amendment of s 252 (Questioning of children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 180 Amendment of s 312 (Taking DNA sample from child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 181 Amendment of s 459 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 182 Amendment of sch 1 (Acts not affected by this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 183 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Queensland Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 Act No. 39 of 2002 An Act to amend the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 and other Acts and for other purposes [Assented to 29 August 2002]

s 1 18 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s5 No. 39, 2002 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 . 2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992 3 Act amended in pt 2 This part amends the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. 4 Replacement of s 4 (Principles of juvenile justice) Section 4— omit, insert — ‘4 Juvenile justice principles ‘ (1) Schedule 1 sets out a charter of juvenile justice principles. ‘ (2) The principles underlie the operation of this Act.’. 5 Amendment of s 5 (Deﬁnitions) (1) Section 5, ‘In this Act—’— omit, insert— ‘The dictionary in schedule 4 deﬁnes particular words used in this Act.’.

s 5 19 s 5 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (2) Section 5, definitions “attendance notice”, “breach of duty”, “caution”, “Childrens Court judge”, “community conference agreement”, “community conference convenor”, “convenor”, “disclosable caution”, “disclosable community conference agreement”, “finding of guilt”, “fixed release order”, “general principles of juvenile justice”, “immediate release order”, “referring court”, “referring police officer”, “sentence order” and “supreme court offence”— omit . (3) Section 5— insert — ‘ “caution” see part 1A, division 2. “Childrens Court judge” includes the Childrens Court when constituted by a Childrens Court judge or a District Court judge. “community based order” means a probation order, community service order, intensive supervision order or conditional release order. “conditional release order” means an order made under section 176. 1 “conference” means a youth justice conference. “conference agreement” means a youth justice conference agreement. “conference before sentence” see section 119A(3)(a)(ii). “convene a conference” includes anything necessary to be done for the purpose of the convening of the conference, including, for example, preparing for and conducting conference meetings and doing anything necessary to finalise the conference. “convenor” means a youth justice conference convenor approved under section 30. “coordinator” means a youth justice coordinator appointed under section 30. “court of competent jurisdiction” , for the trial or sentence of a child on indictment, means— (a) the Supreme Court; or (b) the District Court within the jurisdiction under the District Courtof Queensland Act 1967 , part 4; or 1 Section 176 (Conditional release order)

s 5 20 s 5 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (c) a Childrens Court judge within the jurisdiction under part 4, division 4C. “detention centre employee” means a public service employee, any of whose functions are ordinarily performed in a detention centre. “exceptional circumstances parole order” means an exceptional circumstances parole order under the Corrective Services Act 2000 . “ﬁnding of guilt” means a finding of guilt, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty, by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded. “grant bail” includes, for a court, enlarge the bail. “indeﬁnite referral” see section 119A(3)(a)(i). “identifying information” , about a child, means information that identifies the child, or is likely to lead to the identification of the child, as a child who is being, or has been, dealt with under this Act. Example— Each of the following is identifying information about a child if it identiﬁes the child, or is likely to lead to the identiﬁcation of a child, as a child who is being or has been dealt with under this Act— (a) the child’s name, address, school or place of employment; (b) a photograph, picture, videotape or other visual representation of the child or someone else. “identifying particulars” see the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act2000 , schedule 4. 2 “intensive supervision order” means an intensive supervision order made under section 120(1)(ea). 2 Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , schedule 4 (Dictionary)— “identifying particulars” , of a person, means any of the following— (a) palm prints; (b) ﬁngerprints; (c) handwriting; (d) voiceprints; (e) footprints; (f) a photograph of the person’s identifying features. Examples for paragraph (f) — 1. Photographs of scars or tattoos. 2. Photographs of the person.

s 5 21 s 5 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 “juvenile justice principles” means the principles stated in schedule 1. “legal representation” means representation by a legal practitioner. “member of the police service” means a member of the Queensland Police Service under the PoliceServiceAdministrationAct1990 , section 2.2(1). “notice to appear” means a notice to appear under the Police Powers andResponsibilities Act 2000 , section 214(2). 3 “program period” — (a) for a conditional release order—see section 177; 4 or (b) for an intensive supervision order—see section 154. 5 “publish” means publish to the public by television, radio, newspaper, periodical, notice, circular or other form of communication. “referring court” , for an offence referred to a conference, see section 30B(b). “referring police ofﬁcer” , for an offence referred to a conference, see section 30B(a). “release notice” see section 40. “respected person” , of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, means a member of the community who is generally respected in the community. “sentence order” means any of the following— (a) an order made under section 120 or 121, 6 including a reprimand; (b) the recording of a conviction under section 124; (c) a conditional release order made under section 176; (d) an order under section 191C. 7 3 Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 214 (Notice to appear may be issued for offence) 4 Section 177 (Conditional release order—requirements) 5 Section 154 (Intensive supervision order—requirements) 6 Section 120 (Sentence orders—general) or 121 (Sentence orders—serious offences) 7 Section 191C (Court may allow publication of identifying information)

s 6 22 s 6 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 “supervised release order” means an order made under section 189. 8 “support person” , for a child, see the Police Powers and ResponsibilitiesAct 2000, schedule 4. “supreme court offence” means an offence for which the District Court does not have jurisdiction to try an adult because of the District Courtof Queensland Act 1967 , section 61. 9 “unlawfully at large” , for a person who has been lawfully detained under this Act, includes— (a) having escaped from detention; or (b) having been mistakenly released from detention before the person is eligible for the release.’. (4) Section 5, deﬁnition “community service”, ‘section 224A’— omit, insert— ‘section 224AU’. (5) Section 5, definitions— relocate to schedule 4 (as inserted by section 118). 6 Insertion of new s 5A After section 5— insert — ‘5A Note in text ‘A note in the text of this Act is part of the Act.’. 8 Section 189 (Chief executive’s supervised release order) 9 District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 61 (Limited criminal jurisdiction if maximum penalty more than 14 years)

s 7 23 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 7 Replacement of pts 1B–1C Parts 1B and 1C— omit, insert — ‘PART 1A—SPECIAL PROVISIONS ABOUT POLICING AND CHILDREN ‘Division 1—Police ofﬁcer must consider appropriate way to proceed ‘9A Division does not apply to 2 general ways of proceeding ‘This division has no effect on— (a) the charging of a child under the JusticesAct1886 , section 42(1A); or (b) a proceeding on an indictment. ‘10 Police ofﬁcer to consider alternatives to proceeding against child ‘ (1) Unless otherwise provided under this division, a police ofﬁcer, before starting a proceeding against a child for an offence other than a serious offence, must ﬁrst consider whether in all the circumstances it would be more appropriate to do 1 of the following— (a) to take no action; (b) to administer a caution to the child; (c) to refer the offence to a conference; (d) if the offence is a minor drugs offence within the meaning of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and the child may be offered an opportunity to attend a drug diversion assessment program under section 211 of that Act—to offer the child that opportunity in accordance with that section. Note— Because of section 104, a police ofﬁcer must consider offering the same opportunities for diversion from the court system as apply to a child to a person who committed an offence as a child but is now an adult. ‘ (2) The circumstances to which the police ofﬁcer must have regard include—

s 7 24 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (a) the circumstances of the alleged offence; and (b) the child’s criminal history, any previous cautions administered to the child for an offence and, if the child has been in any other way dealt with for an offence under any Act, the other dealings. ‘ (3) If necessary, the police ofﬁcer must delay starting the proceeding in order to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) or (2). ‘ (4) If, on complying with subsections (1) and (2), the police ofﬁcer considers it would be more appropriate to act as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), then the police ofﬁcer must do so. ‘ (5) If, on complying with subsections (1) and (2), the police ofﬁcer considers it would not be more appropriate to act as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), the police ofﬁcer may start a proceeding against the child for the offence. ‘ (6) The police ofﬁcer may take the action mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) even though— (a) action of that kind has been taken in relation to the child on a previous occasion; or (b) a proceeding against the child for another offence has already been started or has ended. ‘ (7) Subsection (1) does not prevent a police ofﬁcer from taking the action mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) for a serious offence. ‘11 Preferred way for police ofﬁcer to start proceedings ‘A police ofﬁcer starting a proceeding against a child for an offence, other than a serious offence, must start the proceeding by way of complaint and summons or notice to appear, unless otherwise provided under this Act. ‘12 Police ofﬁcer’s power of arrest preserved in particular general circumstances ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer may use the police ofﬁcer’s power of arrest under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 198(3), without a warrant, to arrest a child for an offence without regard to sections 10 and 11 only if the police ofﬁcer believes on reasonable grounds— (a) the arrest is necessary—

s 7 25 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (i) to prevent a continuation or a repetition of the offence or the commission of another offence; or (ii) to obtain or preserve, or prevent concealment, loss or destruction of, evidence relating to the offence; or (iii) to prevent the fabrication of evidence; or (iv) to ensure the child’s appearance before a court; or Note — Under the juvenile justice principles in schedule 1, it is a principle of this Act that a child should be detained in custody for an offence, whether on arrest or sentence, only as a last resort and for the least time that is justiﬁed in the circumstances. (b) the child is an adult; or (c) the child is contravening section 219 10 or is unlawfully at large. ‘ (2) In deciding for subsection (1)(b) whether the police ofﬁcer had reasonable grounds, a court may have regard to the child’s apparent age and the circumstances of the arrest. ‘ (3) Also, a police ofﬁcer may use the police ofﬁcer’s power of arrest under the PolicePowersandResponsibilitiesAct2000 , section 198(2), without a warrant, to arrest a child without regard to sections 10 and 11. ‘ (4) Also, a police ofﬁcer may use the police ofﬁcer’s power of arrest under a warrant issued under the BailAct1980 without regard to sections 10 and 11. ‘Division 2—Cautioning ‘13 Purpose of caution ‘The purpose of this division is to set up a way of diverting a child who commits an offence from the courts’ criminal justice system by allowing a police ofﬁcer to administer a caution to the child instead of bringing the child before a court for the offence. 10 Section 219 (Escape)

s 7 26 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘14 Police ofﬁcer may administer a caution ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer instead of bringing a child before a court for an offence may administer a caution to the child. ‘ (2) The child is then not liable to be prosecuted for the offence. ‘ (3) The caution is not part of the child’s criminal history. ‘15 Conditions for administration of police caution ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer may administer a caution to a child for an offence only if the child— (a) admits committing the offence to the police ofﬁcer; and (b) consents to being cautioned. ‘ (2) A police ofﬁcer who administers a caution, or who requests the administration of a caution under section 16, must, if practicable, arrange to be present at the administration of the caution— (a) an adult chosen by the child; or (b) a parent of the child or a person chosen by a parent of the child. ‘ (3) The commissioner of the police service may authorise a police ofﬁcer who the commissioner considers has sufﬁcient training or experience ( “authorised ofﬁcer” ) to administer cautions. ‘ (4) If a police ofﬁcer administering a caution is not an authorised ofﬁcer, the caution must be administered in the presence of an authorised ofﬁcer. ‘16 Caution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community ‘ (1) If a caution is to be administered to a child who is a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, an authorised ofﬁcer mentioned in section 15— (a) must consider whether there is a respected person of the community who is available and willing to administer the caution; and (b) if a respected person of the community is available and willing to administer the caution—must request the person to administer the caution.

s 7 27 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (2) In a proceeding, evidence that a person purported to administer a caution under subsection (1) as a respected person mentioned in the subsection is evidence that the person was a respected person. ‘17 Caution procedure must involve explanation ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer who administers, or requests the administration of, a caution to a child must take steps to ensure that the child and the person present under section 15(2) 11 understand the purpose, nature and effect of the caution. ‘ (2) The steps that can be taken include, for example— (a) personally explaining these matters to the child; and (b) having some person with training or experience in the cautioning of children give the explanation; and (c) having an interpreter or other person able to communicate effectively with the child give the explanation; and (d) supplying an explanatory note in English or another language. ‘18 Caution procedure may involve apology to victim ‘ (1) This section applies only after a police ofﬁcer decides that a caution should be administered to a child for an offence. ‘ (2) The procedure of administering a caution to a child for an offence may involve the child apologising to a victim of the offence if— (a) the police ofﬁcer administering, or requesting the administration of, the caution considers that an apology is an appropriate course of action in the particular circumstances of the case; and (b) the child is willing to apologise; and (c) the victim is willing to participate in the procedure. ‘19 Child must be given a notice of caution ‘ (1) If a caution is administered to a child for an offence, the police ofﬁcer who— 11 Section 15 (Conditions for administration of police caution)

s 7 28 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (a) administered the caution; or (b) under section 16, 12 requested the administration of the caution; must give the child a notice in a form approved by the commissioner of the police service. ‘ (2) The notice must state— (a) that a caution was administered to the child; and (b) the time and date the caution was administered; and (c) the child’s name; and (d) the substance of the offence; and (e) the police ofﬁcer’s name and rank; and (f) the place where the caution was issued; and (g) the names of all persons present when the caution was issued; and (h) the nature and effect of a caution. ‘ (3) In a proceeding, a document purporting to be a notice or copy of a notice is evidence that the child was administered a caution for the offence in the circumstances stated in the notice. ‘ (4) A document mentioned in subsection (3) is not evidence that the child committed the offence. ‘20 Childrens Court may dismiss charge if caution should have been administered or no action taken ‘ (1) If a child pleads guilty before a Childrens Court to a charge made against the child by a police ofﬁcer, the court may dismiss the charge instead of accepting the plea of guilty if— (a) application is made for the dismissal by or on behalf of the child; and (b) the court is satisﬁed that the child should have been cautioned instead of being charged or no action should have been taken against the child. 12 Section 16 (Caution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community)

s 7 29 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (2) In deciding the application, the Childrens Court may have regard to— (a) any other cautions administered to the child for any offence; and (b) whether any previous conference agreements have been made by the child. ‘ (3) If the court dismisses a charge under subsection (1) because the child should have been cautioned, the court may— (a) administer the caution to the child; or (b) direct that a caution be administered to the child as directed by the court. ‘ (4) The caution is not part of the child’s criminal history. ‘Division 3—Reference by police ofﬁcer to coordinator for a conference ‘21 When a police ofﬁcer may refer an offence for a conference ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer may refer an offence, for a conference, to a coordinator, instead of bringing the child before a court for the offence, if— (a) the child admits committing the offence to the police ofﬁcer; and (b) having regard to the matters in section 29(5), the police ofﬁcer considers— (i) a caution is inappropriate; and (ii) a proceeding for the offence would be appropriate if a reference were not made; and (iii) the referral is a more appropriate way of dealing with the offence than starting a proceeding; and (iv) a convenor will be available for the conference. ‘ (2) The police ofﬁcer may require the child to attend the conference as directed by the police ofﬁcer. ‘ (3) In any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (4) or (5), a coordinator may refer the offence back to the police ofﬁcer by written notice given to the police ofﬁcer.

s 7 30 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (4) One circumstance is that a convenor will not be available for the conference. ‘ (5) Other circumstances are as follows— (a) the convenor is unable to contact the child after reasonable inquiries; (b) the convenor has made reasonable requirements of the child to attend a pre-conference interview and the child has failed to attend as required; (d) the convenor considers it necessary for a victim to participate and the victim does not wish to participate or the convenor can not locate the victim after reasonable inquiries; (e) during the preparation for the conference meeting, the child denies committing the offence to the convenor; (e) during the preparation for the conference meeting, the convenor comes to the conclusion that an appropriate conference agreement is unlikely to be made within a time the convenor considers appropriate; (f) the convenor ends the conference under section 30D(5); (g) the conference ends without an agreement being made. ‘ (5) A notice given by the coordinator under subsection (3) must state the reasons for referring the offence back to the police ofﬁcer. ‘ (6) The reasons stated in the notice may be considered by a court in any later proceeding for the sentencing of the child for the relevant offence. ‘ (7) The police ofﬁcer must take reasonable steps to inform the child that the police ofﬁcer has received the notice. ‘22 If a conference agreement is made on a referral by a police ofﬁcer ‘If a conference agreement is made on the referral by the police ofﬁcer, the child is then not liable to be prosecuted for the offence unless otherwise expressly provided under this Act. ‘23 Powers of police ofﬁcer if referral is unsuccessful or if child contravenes conference agreement ‘ (1) This section applies if—

s 7 31 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (a) a coordinator refers the offence back to a police ofﬁcer under section 21(3); or (b) the child contravenes a conference agreement made at the conference. ‘ (2) In considering what further action is appropriate, the police ofﬁcer must consider— (a) the matters mentioned in section 10(2); 13 and (b) any participation by the child in the conference; and (c) if an agreement was made at the conference—anything done by the child under the agreement. ‘ (3) The police ofﬁcer may— (a) take no action; or (b) administer a caution to the child; or (c) refer the offence to a coordinator for another conference; or (d) start a proceeding against the child for the offence. ‘Division 4—Identifying particulars ‘24 Application by police ofﬁcer for permission to take child’s identifying particulars ‘ (1) This section applies if a child has been charged, without being arrested, with an indictable offence or an offence against any of the following Acts that is an arrest offence— • Criminal Code • Drugs Misuse Act 1986 • Police Service Administration Act 1990 • Regulatory Offences Act 1985 • Vagrants, Gaming and Other Offences Act 1931 • Weapons Act 1990 . 13 Section 10 (Police ofﬁcer to consider alternatives to proceeding against child)

s 7 32 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (2) A police ofﬁcer (the “ applicant” ) may apply to a Childrens Court magistrate (the “court” ) to have all or any of the identifying particulars of the child taken. ‘ (3) The applicant must give notice of the application to— (a) the child; and (b) a parent of the child, unless a parent can not be found after reasonable inquiry; and (c) the chief executive. ‘ (4) The court may decide the application in the absence of a person mentioned in subsection (3), if the court is satisﬁed that subsection (3) has been complied with. ‘ (5) On the application— (a) the applicant and anyone mentioned in subsection (3) is entitled to be heard and to provide evidence; and (b) the court may act on statements of information and belief. ‘ (6) The court may order the identifying particulars to be taken if it is satisﬁed, on the balance of probabilities, of all the following facts— (a) someone has committed the charged offence; (b) there is evidence of identifying particulars of the offender that are of the same type as the identifying particulars the applicant seeks to have taken from the child; (c) the child is reasonably suspected of being the offender; (d) the order is necessary for the proper conduct of the investigation of the offence. ‘ (7) The order must state the investigation for which the order is made. ‘ (8) If the child will not be in custody when the particulars are taken, the order must require the child to report to a police ofﬁcer at a stated police station between stated hours within 7 days to enable a police ofﬁcer to take the identifying particulars. ‘ (9) A child must not contravene the order. Maximum penalty (subject to part 5)—10 penalty units. ‘ (10) If the child will be in custody when the particulars are taken, the order must require the particulars to be taken at the place the child is held in custody.

s 7 33 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (11) This section is subject to section 25. ‘ (12) In this section— “charged offence” means the offence with which the child is charged or an offence arising out of the same, or the same set of, circumstances. “parent” , of a child, includes someone who is apparently a parent of the child. ‘25 Support person must be present when identifying particulars are taken ‘ (1) In a proceeding for an offence, a court must not admit into evidence against a defendant identifying particulars taken from the defendant under section 24 unless the court is satisﬁed a support person chosen by the child was present when the identifying particulars were taken. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the prosecution satisﬁes the court there was proper and sufﬁcient reason for the absence of a support person when the particulars were taken; and (b) the court considers that, in the particular circumstances, the particulars should be admitted into evidence. ‘ (3) This section does not require that a police ofﬁcer permit or cause to be present when the identifying particulars are taken a person whom the police ofﬁcer suspects on reasonable grounds— (a) is an accomplice of the child; or (b) is, or is likely to become, an accessory after the fact; for the offence or another offence under investigation. ‘ (4) Also, this section does not require that a police ofﬁcer permit or cause to be present when the identifying particulars are taken a parent of the child whom the police ofﬁcer suspects on reasonable grounds is a person against whom the offence under investigation is alleged to have been committed. ‘ (5) This section does not limit the common law under which a court in a criminal proceeding may exclude evidence in the exercise of its discretion.

s 7 34 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘26 Destruction of identifying particulars taken under court order ‘ (1) Identifying particulars taken from a child under an order under section 24 14 must be destroyed if the investigation for which the order was made does not result in a sentence order being made. ‘ (2) For subsection (1), the destruction must happen within 7 days of whichever of the following happens last— (a) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding had started when the order was made and the proceeding ends without a sentence order being made—the end of the proceeding; (b) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding is started within 28 days after the order is made and the proceeding ends without a sentence order being made—the end of the proceeding; (c) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding is not started within 28 days of the order—the end of the period of 28 days. Note— See the extended meaning of “charged offence” in section 24. ‘ (3) An applicant who obtains an order to have identifying particulars taken from a child under section 24 must not fail to ensure the particulars are destroyed under this section, unless the applicant has a reasonable excuse for failing to do so. ‘ (4) A failure to comply with subsection (3) may be dealt with as a breach of discipline under the Police Service Administration Act 1990 . ‘ (5) In this section— “end of the proceeding” , in relation to the referral of an offence to a conference under section 119A(3)(a)(i), 15 means— (a) the making of the relevant conference agreement; and (b) the satisfactory completion of the requirements of the agreement. 14 Section 24 (Application by police ofﬁcer for permission to take child’s identifying particulars) 15 Section 119A (Reference by court to a coordinator for a conference)

s 7 35 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘27 Division does not limit other provisions ‘This division does not limit provisions of the PolicePowersandResponsibilities Act 2000 authorising the taking of someone’s identifying particulars to the extent to which those provisions apply to a child. ‘Division 5—Statements ‘28 Support person must be present for statement to be admissible ‘ (1) In a proceeding for an indictable offence, a court must not admit into evidence against the defendant a statement made or given to a police ofﬁcer by the defendant when a child, unless the court is satisﬁed a support person was present with the child at the time and place the statement was made or given. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if— (a) the prosecution satisﬁes the court there was a proper and sufﬁcient reason for the absence of a support person at the time the statement was made or given; and Examples — 1. There was a reasonable suspicion that allowing a support person to be present would result in an accomplice or accessory of the relevant person taking steps to avoid apprehension. 2. A support person was excluded under the PolicePowersandResponsibilities Act 2000 . (b) the court considers that, in the particular circumstances, the statement should be admitted into evidence. ‘ (3) This section does not require that a police ofﬁcer permit or cause to be present when a child makes or gives the statement a person the police ofﬁcer suspects on reasonable grounds— (a) is an accomplice of the child; or (b) is, or is likely to become, an accessory after the fact; in relation to the offence or another offence under investigation. ‘ (4) This section does not limit the common law under which a court in a criminal proceeding may exclude evidence in the exercise of its discretion.

s 7 36 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘PART 1B—YOUTH JUSTICE CONFERENCES GENERALLY ‘29 Object of part and explanation ‘ (1) The object of this part is to establish a youth justice conference process for a child who admits committing an offence to a police ofﬁcer or after a ﬁnding of guilt for an offence is made against the child before a court. ‘ (2) The process allows the child, a victim of the offence and other concerned persons to consider or deal with the offence in a way beneﬁting all concerned. ‘ (3) The process includes the following basic steps— (a) a police ofﬁcer or court refers the offence to a youth justice conference; (b) a convenor convenes the conference between the child and other concerned persons; 16 (c) at the conference the offence is discussed and an agreement made on what must be done because of the offence. ‘ (4) The beneﬁts intended are— (a) the child may beneﬁt by— (i) meeting any victim and taking responsibility for the results of the offence in an appropriate way; and (ii) having the opportunity to make restitution and pay compensation for the offence; and (iii) taking responsibility for the way in which the conference deals with the offence; and (iv) having less involvement with the courts’ criminal justice system; and (b) the child’s parents may beneﬁt by— (i) being involved in decision making about the child’s behaviour; and 16 See section 30C (Who may participate in a conference).

s 7 37 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (ii) being encouraged to fulﬁl their responsibility for the support and supervision of the child; and (iii) being involved in a process that encourages their participation and provides support in family relationships; and (c) the victim may beneﬁt by the opportunity— (i) to meet and understand the child and understand why the offence was committed; and (ii) to express the victim’s concerns; and (iii) to have questions answered; and (iv) to inﬂuence the way in which the conference deals with the offence; and (v) to encourage the child’s sense of responsibility; and (d) the community may beneﬁt by— (i) fewer offences being committed because of effective early intervention by the community; and (ii) less public cost from unnecessary involvement of the courts’ criminal justice system; and (iii) increasing resolution of disputes within the community without government intervention or legal proceedings. ‘ (5) In deciding whether it is appropriate to refer an offence to a conference, a police ofﬁcer or court must have regard to— (a) the offence’s nature; and (b) the harm suffered by anyone because of the offence; and (c) whether the interests of the community and the child would be served by having the offence considered or dealt with at a conference. ‘ (6) This part provides for youth justice conferences generally. ‘ (7) Part 1A, division 3 17 has provisions for a youth justice conference when an offence is referred by a police ofﬁcer instead of bringing a child before a court for the offence. 17 Part 1A (Special provisions about policing and children), division 3 (Reference by police ofﬁcer to coordinator for a conference)

s 7 38 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (8) Part 5, division 1A 18 has provisions for a youth justice conference when an offence is referred by a court after a ﬁnding of guilt is made against a child for the offence. ‘30 Appointment of coordinator and approval of convenor ‘ (1) Youth justice coordinators may be appointed under the PublicService Act 1996 . ‘ (2) A coordinator has the following functions— (a) as provided under this Act, to take part in the management of the youth justice conference process; (b) other functions conferred on the coordinator under an Act. ‘ (3) The chief executive may approve persons as youth justice conference convenors. ‘ (4) Before approving a person as a convenor, the chief executive must be satisﬁed the person has appropriate experience or training to be a convenor. ‘ (5) A convenor has the following functions— (a) as provided under this Act, to convene particular conferences; (b) other functions conferred on the convenor under an Act. ‘ (6) The convenor of a particular conference must be independent of the circumstances of the offence. ‘ (7) A convenor is not disqualiﬁed from convening a conference about a particular offence only because, after a previous conference convened by the convenor about the offence has ended without an agreement— (a) a coordinator has arranged for the convenor to convene another conference about the offence; or (b) the offence has been referred to a coordinator for another conference under section 23(3)(c) or 119C(3)(b). ‘ (8) A coordinator or convenor has all powers— (a) necessary to perform the functions of the coordinator or convenor; or 18 Part 5 (Sentencing), division 1A (Court referred conferences before sentencing)

s 7 39 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (b) conferred on the coordinator or convenor under an Act. ‘ (9) A person may be appointed as a coordinator and approved as a convenor and perform the functions of both for the same conference. ‘ (10) A coordinator or convenor may perform a function or exercise a power under arrangements established by the chief executive for the efﬁcient management of the conference process. ‘30A Protection against liability for convenor or coordinator ‘A convenor or coordinator does not incur civil liability for an act done, or omission made, honestly by the convenor or coordinator with the intention of performing functions or exercising powers as convenor or coordinator. ‘30B Who may refer an offence to a coordinator ‘An offence may be referred for a conference to a coordinator by— (a) a police ofﬁcer under part 1A, division 3 (the “referring police ofﬁcer” ); or (b) a court under part 5, division 1A (the “referring court” ). ‘30C Who may participate in a conference ‘ (1) The following persons ( “participants”) are entitled to participate in a conference— (a) the convenor; (b) the child; (c) at the child’s request, 1 or more of the following— (i) a legal practitioner acting for the child; (ii) an adult member of the child’s family; (iii) another adult nominated by the child; (d) the child’s parent; (e) the victim; (f) at the victim’s request— (i) a legal practitioner acting for the victim; or

s 7 40 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (ii) a member of the victim’s family; or (iii) a support person; (g) a representative of— (i) if the offence is referred to the conference by a police ofﬁcer—the commissioner of the police service; or (ii) if the offence is referred to the conference by a court—the prosecution in the proceeding for the offence; (h) another person decided by the convenor. Examples of paragraph (h)— 1. A representative of the chief executive. 2. A member of the child’s family. 3. For an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child who is from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, a respected member of the community or a representative of a community justice group that may be in the community. ‘ (2) To ensure that a victim of the offence is informed of the entitlement under subsection (1)(e), the following must give details of victims of the offence to a coordinator — (a) if the offence is referred to the conference by a police ofﬁcer—the referring police ofﬁcer; (b) if the offence is referred to the conference by a court—the referring court. ‘ (3) For subsection (1)(h), if the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, the convenor must consider inviting to attend the conference either or both of the following— (a) a respected member of the community; (b) if there is a community justice group in the community—a representative of the community justice group. ‘30D Convening of a conference ‘ (1) The convenor of a conference is responsible for convening the conference.

s 7 41 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (2) If the child is not legally represented, the convenor must ensure the child is informed of the right to obtain legal advice and has reasonable information about how to obtain it and a reasonable opportunity to do so. ‘ (3) All decisions made by the convenor necessary for convening the conference must be respected by the participants. ‘ (4) The conference must be directed towards making an agreement about the offence (the “youth justice conference agreement” or “conference agreement” ). ‘ (5) When the conference meets, the convenor may bring the conference to an end at any time if— (a) the child fails to attend the conference as directed by the referring police ofﬁcer or referring court; or (b) the child denies committing the offence at the conference; or (c) the convenor comes to the conclusion— (i) the offence is unsuitable for a conference; or (ii) an agreement is unlikely to be made within a time the convenor considers appropriate. ‘ (6) Also, the conference ends if an agreement is made. ‘ (7) A coordinator must give the referring police ofﬁcer or court a report about the outcome of the conference within 14 days of the conference’s end. ‘ (8) The report must be in the approved form. ‘30E Coordinator may persist in efforts to achieve a conference agreement ‘A coordinator may, even though a conference has ended under section 30D(5), arrange for the conference to be reconvened or another conference convened if the coordinator considers it is worthwhile persisting with efforts to make a conference agreement. ‘30F Form and content of conference agreement ‘ (1) A conference agreement about an offence must be in the approved form. ‘ (2) The agreement must be agreed to and signed by—

s 7 42 s 7 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 No. 39, 2002 (a) the convenor; and (b) the child; and (c) a representative of— (i) if the offence is referred to the conference by a police ofﬁcer—the commissioner of the police service; or (ii) if the offence is referred to the conference by a court—the prosecution in the proceeding for the offence; and (d) if a victim of the offence participates in the conference—the victim. ‘ (3) The agreement must contain provisions under which— (a) the child admits committing the offence; and (b) the child’s compliance with the agreement is monitored. ‘ (4) Without limiting what an agreement may contain, the agreement may contain a provision about the following— (a) the making of restitution or payment of compensation; (b) voluntary work to be performed by the child; (c) an apology made to a victim; (d) the child’s future conduct while a child; (e) a program mentioned in subsection (6); (f) another matter the convenor considers appropriate. ‘ (5) A condition of the agreement may contain a requirement that the child must comply with outside the State. Example — An agreement may require the child to perform voluntary work for a charity that is located outside the State. ‘ (6) An agreement signed by the chief executive may provide for the child to be subject to a program similar to one a child is subject to under a community service order or a probation order. ‘ (7) The agreement may not provide for the child to be treated more severely for the offence than if the child were sentenced by a court or in a way contravening the sentencing principles in section 109. 19 19 Section 109 (Sentencing principles)

s 116 141 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 117 No. 39, 2002 116 Amendment of schedule (Regulation making power) (1) Schedule, item 2, ‘community’— omit. (2) Schedule, item 2, paragraph (a), ‘and conduct’— omit . (3) Schedule, item 2, paragraph (b), ‘convenor’— omit, insert— ‘coordinator or convenor’. (4) Schedule, item 2— insert— ‘(f) functions of coordinators and convenors not otherwise expressed in this Act.’. (4) Schedule, item 5, ‘and immediate’— omit, insert— ‘, intensive supervision orders and conditional’. (5) Schedule— renumber as schedule 2. 117 Insertion of new sch 1 Before schedule 2 (as renumbered)— insert — ‘SCHEDULE 1 ‘CHARTER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PRINCIPLES section 4 1. The community should be protected from offences. 2. The youth justice system should uphold the rights of children, keep them safe and promote their physical and mental wellbeing.

s 117 142 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 117 No. 39, 2002 3. A child being dealt with under this Act should be— (a) treated with respect and dignity, including while the child is in custody; and (b) encouraged to treat others with respect and dignity, including courts, persons administering this Act and other children being dealt with under this Act. 4. Because a child tends to be vulnerable in dealings with a person in authority, a child should be given the special protection allowed by this Act during an investigation or proceeding in relation to an offence committed, or allegedly committed, by the child. 5. If a child commits an offence, the child should be treated in a way that diverts the child from the courts’ criminal justice system, unless the nature of the offence and the child’s criminal history indicate that a proceeding for the offence should be started. 6. A child being dealt with under this Act should have procedures and other matters explained to the child in a way the child understands. 7. If a proceeding is started against a child for an offence— (a) the proceeding should be conducted in a fair, just and timely way; and (b) the child should be given the opportunity to participate in and understand the proceeding. 8. A child who commits an offence should be— (a) held accountable and encouraged to accept responsibility for the offending behaviour; and (b) dealt with in a way that will give the child the opportunity to develop in responsible, beneﬁcial and socially acceptable ways; and (c) dealt with in a way that strengthens the child’s family. 9. A victim of an offence committed by a child should be given the opportunity to participate in the process of dealing with the child for the offence in a way allowed by the law. 10. A parent of a child should be encouraged to fulfil the parent’s responsibility for the care and supervision of the child, and supported in the parent’s efforts to fulfil this responsibility.

s 117 143 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 117 No. 39, 2002 11. A decision affecting a child should, if practicable, be made and implemented within a timeframe appropriate to the child’s sense of time. 12. A person making a decision relating to a child under this Act should consider the child’s age, maturity and, where appropriate, cultural and religious beliefs and practices. 13. If practicable, a child of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander background should be dealt with in a way that involves the child’s community. 14. Programs and services established under this Act for children should— (a) be culturally appropriate; and (b) promote their health and self respect; and (c) foster their sense of responsibility; and (d) encourage attitudes and the development of skills that will help the children to develop their potential as members of society. 15. A child being dealt with under this Act should have access to legal and other support services, including services concerned with advocacy and interpretation. 16. A child should be dealt with under this Act in a way that allows the child to be reintegrated into the community. 17. A child should be detained in custody for an offence, whether on arrest or sentence, only as a last resort and for the least time that is justified in the circumstances. 18. A child detained in custody should only be held in a facility suitable for children. 19. While a child is in detention, contacts should be fostered between the child and the community. 20. A child who is detained in a detention centre under this Act— (a) should be provided with a safe and stable living environment; and (b) should be helped to maintain relationships with the child’s family and community; and (c) should be consulted about, and allowed to take part in making, decisions affecting the child’s life (having regard to the child’s age or ability to understand), particularly decisions about—

s 118 144 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 118 No. 39, 2002 (i) the child’s participation in programs at the detention centre; and (ii) contact with the child’s family; and (iii) the child’s health; and (iv) the child’s schooling; and (d) should be given information about decisions and plans about the child’s future while in the chief executive’s custody (having regard to the child’s age or ability to understand and the security and safety of the child, other persons and property); and (e) should be given privacy that is appropriate in the circumstances including, for example, privacy in relation to the child’s personal information; and (g) should have access to dental, medical and therapeutic services necessary to meet the child’s needs; and (h) should have access to education appropriate to the child’s age and development; and (i) should receive appropriate help in making the transition from being in detention to independence. Example for paragraph (i) — Help in gaining access to training or ﬁnding suitable employment.’. 118 Insertion of new schs 3 and 4 After schedule 2 (as renumbered)— insert —

s 118 145 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 118 No. 39, 2002 ‘SCHEDULE 3 ‘RENUMBERED CROSS REFERENCES section 262 BAIL ACT 1980 1. Section 6, deﬁnition “child” 2. Section 12(1) 3. Section 14(2) 4. Section 15 5. Section 19B(2) and (7) 6. Section 19C(1) and (6) 7. Section 20(3)(b)(i), (3A)(b)(i) and (6)(c)(ii) 8. Section 28A(1)(ea) COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2000 1. Section 32(e) 2. Schedule 4, deﬁnition “detention centre” CRIMINAL CODE 1. Section 669A(6)

s 118 146 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 118 No. 39, 2002 CRIMINAL OFFENCE VICTIMS ACT 1995 1. Section 14(4)(b) 2. Section 15(4)(c) 3. Section 18(3)(c) DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 1. Section 61A EVIDENCE ACT 1977 1. Section 39B(4) 2. Section 39C, deﬁnition “external location” 3. Section 132C(5), deﬁnition “allegation of fact”, paragraph (b) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 1. Schedule 1 1. Section 222(1) JUSTICES ACT 1886

s 118 147 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 118 No. 39, 2002 MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 1. Schedule 2, deﬁnitions “child”, “detention centre ofﬁcer” and “parole” POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 1. Section 198(3) 2. Section 220(6) 3. Schedule 4, deﬁnitions “detention centre” and “detention order” YOUNG OFFENDERS (INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1987 1. Section 3, deﬁnition “young offender”, paragraph (b) 2. Section 10(2)(a)(ii) 3. Section 13(c)(i) and (ii) ‘SCHEDULE 4 ‘DICTIONARY section 5’.

s 119 148 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 121 No. 39, 2002 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 119 Act amended in pt 3 This part amends the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . 120 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and expressions) Section 36— insert— ‘ “Childrens Court judge” means — (a) a District Court judge appointed as a Childrens Court judge; or (b) a District Court judge when constituting a Childrens Court under the Childrens Court Act 1992 , section 5(2)(b). “Childrens Court magistrate” means— (a) a magistrate appointed as a Childrens Court magistrate; or (b) a magistrate or 2 justices of the peace when constituting a Childrens Court under the ChildrensCourtAct1992 , section 5(3)(b) or (c).’. PART 4—AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 121 Act amended in pt 4 This part amends the Bail Act 1980 .

s 122 149 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 124 No. 39, 2002 122 Amendment of s 6 (Deﬁnitions) Section 6— insert— ‘ “child” see the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , schedule 4. 55 ’. 123 Amendment of s 7 (Power of police ofﬁcer to grant bail) (1) Section 7(1A)(b)(ii), ‘if the person is not a child—’— omit. (2) Section 7(1A)(b)(iii)— omit. (3) Section 7(4), ‘or the serving on a person of an attendance notice’— omit. (4) Section 7— insert— ‘ (5A) This section does not apply if the arrested person is a child. 56 ’. (5) Section 7(6), deﬁnitions “attendance notice” and “child”— omit. 124 Amendment of s 11A (Release of intellectually impaired person) Section 11A(1) and (5), after ‘this Act’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992’. 55 Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , schedule 4— “child” means— (a) a person who has not turned 17 years; or (b) after a day ﬁxed under section 6—a person who has not turned 18 years. 56 See the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 39 (Dealing with a child if court can not be promptly constituted).

s 125 150 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 128 No. 39, 2002 125 Amendment of s 12 (Restriction on publication of information, evidence and the like given in bail application) Section 12(1), after ‘this part’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3 ’. 126 Amendment of s 14 (Release of persons apprehended on making deposit of money as security for appearance) Section 14(2), ‘pursuant to subsection (1)’— omit, insert— ‘under subsection (1A) or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3’. 127 Amendment of s 15 (Procedure upon application for bail) Section 15, after ‘this part’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3 ’. 128 Amendment of s 16 (Refusal of bail) Section 16— insert— ‘ (5) This section does not apply if the defendant is a child. 57 ’. 57 See the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 37A (Decisions about bail and related matters).

s 129 151 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 131 No. 39, 2002 129 Replacement of s 19A (Consideration of ﬁndings of guilt, cautions and community conference agreements as child for decisions about release from custody) Section 19A— omit, insert— ‘19A Consideration of unrecorded convictions ‘ (1) This section applies to a person in custody in connection with a charge of an offence if the person has previously been found guilty of an offence, as a child, without a conviction being recorded. ‘ (2) A court or police ofﬁcer deciding whether to release the person or keep the person in custody may have regard to the ﬁnding.’. 130 Amendment of s 19B (Review of particular decisions) (1) Section 19B(2), after ‘this part’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3, ’. (2) Section 19B(7), after ‘17(1A)’— insert— ‘and, if the defendant is a child, the JuvenileJusticeAct1992 , section 37A’. 131 Amendment of s 19C (Review by Supreme Court of magistrate’s decision on a review) (1) Section 19C(1), after ‘this part’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3 ’. (2) Section 19C(6), after ‘17(1A)’— insert— ‘and, if the defendant is a child, the JuvenileJusticeAct1992 , section 37A’.

s 132 152 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 134 No. 39, 2002 132 Amendment of s 20 (Undertaking as to bail) (1) Section 20(3)(b)(i), after ‘section 11(2) or (3)’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 40A’. (2) Section 20(3A)(b)(i), after ‘section 11(2) or (3)’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 40A’. (3 ) Section 20(6)(b), after ‘this Act’— insert— ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992’. (4) Section 20(6)(c)(ii)— omit, insert— ‘(ii) is a child detained in a place established under the JuvenileJusticeAct1992 , part 6—a person for the time being in charge of the place.’. 133 Amendment of s 28A (Other warrants for apprehension of defendant) Section 28A(1)— insert— ‘(ea) released, on bail or without bail, under the Juvenile Justice Act1992 , part 3; 58 or’. 134 Amendment of s 29 (Offence to breach conditions of bail) Section 29(2)(a), ‘within the meaning of the JuvenileJusticeAct1992 ’— omit. 58 Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 3 (Bail and custody of children)

s 135 153 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 137 No. 39, 2002 135 Amendment of s 33 (Failure to appear in accordance with undertaking) Section 33— insert— ‘ (5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the defendant was a child when the defendant committed the offence mentioned in subsection (1).’. PART 5—AMENDMENT OF CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992 136 Act amended in pt 5 This part amends the Childrens Court Act 1992 . 137 Amendment of s 5 (Members and constitution of the Childrens Court) (1) Section 5(2)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) If an Act expressly requires the Childrens Court to be constituted by a Childrens Court judge, the court must be constituted by either of the following— (a) a Childrens Court judge; (b) if a Childrens Court judge is not available—a District Court judge. Examples of when a Childrens Court judge is not available— 1. A child is committed to be tried or sentenced before a Childrens Court judge at a place where the Childrens Court sits only a few times in a year. At the time the child would ordinarily be dealt with at the place, there is no Childrens Court judge available, but a District Court judge is available. The District Court judge may constitute the Childrens Court and deal with the child. 2. A child is due to be tried or sentenced before a Childrens Court judge. A Childrens Court judge is present at the place and at the time but, in the judge’s capacity as a District Court judge, is needed for the jurisdiction of the District Court. Another District Court judge is

s 138 154 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 140 No. 39, 2002 available. The other District Court judge may constitute the Childrens Court and deal with the child.’. (2) Section 5— insert— ‘ (5) In this section— “available” means available having regard to the orderly and expeditious exercise of the jurisdiction of the District Court and Childrens Court.’. 138 Renumbering of pt 5 (General) Part 5— renumber as part 6. 139 Renumbering of ss 22–31 Sections 22 to 31— renumber as sections 24 to 32. 140 Insertion of new pt 5 After section 21— insert — ‘PART 5—JURY TRIALS ‘22 Jury in criminal trials ‘ (1) All indictable offences prosecuted in the Childrens Court must be tried by a Childrens Court judge and a jury. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) is subject to an Act that allows or requires an indictable offence prosecuted in the Childrens Court to be tried in another way. ‘ (3) Despite section 18(1)(a), a trial by a Childrens Court judge and a jury must be held at a place where a District Court may be held. ‘ (4) The Jury Act 1995 states the law about the following— (a) the obligation to perform jury service;

s 141 155 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 143 No. 39, 2002 (b) organisation of juries generally; (c) the selection of a jury; (d) arrangements for a jury during a trial; (e) juror’s remuneration and allowances. ‘23 Issues of law and fact ‘Issues of law and fact are to be decided by the judge or jury as if the trial were a trial on indictment in the Supreme Court.’. 141 Amendment of s 24 (Annual report) Section 24(1) (as renumbered), ‘3’— omit, insert— ‘5’. PART 6—AMENDMENT OF COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2000 142 Act amended in pt 6 This part amends the Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000 . 143 Amendment of s 32 (Subject matter of complaints) Section 32(c), ‘community service order, ﬁxed release order, immediate release order or probation order’— omit, insert— ‘conditional release order, supervised release order, intensive supervision order, community service order or probation order’.

s 144 156 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 148 No. 39, 2002 PART 7—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 144 Act amended in pt 7 This part amends the Criminal Code. 145 Amendment of s 669A (Appeal by Attorney-General) Section 669A(6), after ‘222’— insert — ‘or the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 4, division 6, subdivision 3, 59 ’. PART 8—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE VICTIMS ACT 1995 146 Act amended in pt 8 This part amends the Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995 . 147 Amendment of s 14 (Information during sentencing of impact of crime on victim) Section 14(4)(b), ‘section 109(1)(g)’— omit, insert— ‘section 109(1)(h)’. 148 Amendment of s 15 (Information about investigation and prosecution of offender) Section 15(3)— omit. 59 Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 4 (Jurisdiction and proceedings), division 6 (Appeal and review), subdivision 3 (Appeals to Childrens Court judge)

s 149 157 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 150 No. 39, 2002 PART 9—AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 149 Act amended in pt 9 This part amends the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 . 150 Insertion of new s 61A After section 61— insert — ‘61A No general criminal jurisdiction over a child ‘ (1) The District Court does not have jurisdiction to try a child charged with an indictable offence, unless otherwise expressly provided by an Act. ‘ (2) Subject to this division, the District Court has jurisdiction— (a) to try a child on an indictment in which the child is also charged as an adult with an offence; or (b) to try a child in proceedings removed to the court under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , part 4, division 5, subdivision 2; 60 or (c) to sentence a child for an offence if the child is appearing before it also for sentence as an adult on a charge of an offence. ‘ (3) In exercising jurisdiction to sentence a child under subsection (2), the court may also sentence the child under the CriminalCode , section 651. ‘ (4) In this section— “child” means a child within the meaning of the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. “adult” means an adult within the meaning of the JuvenileJusticeAct1992. ’. 60 JuvenileJusticeAct1992 , part 4 (Jurisdiction and proceedings), division 5 (Provision for joint trials), subdivision 2 (Removal of committed proceeding to another jurisdiction for joint trial)

s 151 158 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 155 No. 39, 2002 PART 10—AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977 151 Act amended in pt 10 This part amends the Evidence Act 1977 . 152 Amendment of s 39B (Application of pt 3A) Section 39B(4), ‘section 118A’— omit, insert— ‘section 40B or 118A’. PART 11—AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995 153 Act amended in pt 11 This part amends the Jury Act 1995 . 154 Amendment of s 4 (Qualiﬁcation to serve as juror) (1) Section 4(3)(h) to (l)— renumber as section 4(3)(i) to (m). (2) Section 4(3)— insert — ‘(h) a detention centre employee;’. 155 Amendment of s 13 (Practice directions) Section 13, after ‘District Courts’— insert — ‘and the President of the Childrens Court’.

s 156 159 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 158 No. 39, 2002 156 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 3— insert — ‘ “detention centre employee” means a person who— (a) is or has been, in Queensland, a detention centre employee under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 ; or (b) has been, in Queensland, a person with functions corresponding to those of a detention centre employee under the Juvenile JusticeAct 1992 ; or (c) is or has been, under a law of another State, a person with functions corresponding to those of a detention centre employee under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 .’. (2) Schedule 3, deﬁnition ‘judge’, after ‘District Court judge’— insert— ‘, a Childrens Court judge’. PART 12—AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 157 Act amended in pt 12 This part amends the Justices Act 1886 . 158 Insertion of new s 2 After section 1— insert — ‘2 Note in text ‘A note in the text of this Act is part of this Act.’.

s 159 160 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 162 No. 39, 2002 159 Amendment of s 222 (Appeal to a single judge) After section 222(1)— insert— ‘ Note— This division applies in relation to an order made by justices dealing summarily with a child charged with an offence, but appeals must be made to a Childrens Court judge—see the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 87C. ’. PART 13—AMENDMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 160 Act amended in pt 13 This part amends the Mental Health Act 2000 . 161 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) Schedule 2, deﬁnition “parole”, ‘ﬁxed release order’— omit, insert— ‘supervised release order’. PART 14—AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 162 Act amended in pt 14 This part amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 .

s 163 161 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 164 No. 39, 2002 163 Amendment of s 198 (Arrest without warrant) (1) Section 198(1), ‘arrest a person’— omit, insert— ‘arrest an adult’. (2) Section 198(3), from ‘Subsection (1)’ to ‘section 20’— omit, insert— ‘Subject to the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 12’. (3) Section 198(3), ‘an offence.’— omit, insert— ‘an offence. 61 ’. 164 Amendment of s 200 (Arrest of person granted bail) (1) Section 200(3)(a)(i)— omit, insert— ‘(i) the person is likely to contravene, is contravening, or has contravened— (A) the condition for the person’s appearance; or (B) another condition of the undertaking on which the person was granted bail; or’. (2) Section 200(4)— renumber as section 200(6). (3) Section 200— insert— ‘ (4) However, before arresting a child under subsection (3), a police ofﬁcer must consider whether, in all the circumstances, it would be more appropriate for an application to be made under the Bail Act1980 for a variation or revocation of the child’s bail. 61 Under the juvenile justice principles in the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , schedule 1, it is a principle of that Act that a child should be detained in custody for an offence, whether on arrest or sentence, only as a last resort and for the least time that is justiﬁed in the circumstances.

s 165 162 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 168 No. 39, 2002 ‘ (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the arrest of a child under subsection (3)(a)(i)(A), (a)(iv) or (c).’. 165 Amendment of s 201 (Arrest of person given notice to appear or summons) Section 201— insert— ‘ (3) This section does not apply to a child.’. 166 Amendment of s 204 (Issue of arrest warrant) Section 204(b), ‘, attendance notice’— omit. 167 Omission of s 207 (Police ofﬁcer to consider alternatives to proceeding against child) Section 207— omit . 168 Amendment of s 212 (Additional case when arrest of child may be discontinued) (1) Section 212(3)(c), ‘community conference’— omit, insert— ‘youth justice conference’. (2) Section 212(3)(d), ‘attendance notice’— omit, insert— ‘notice to appear’.

s 169 163 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 171 No. 39, 2002 169 Amendment of s 214 (Notice to appear may be issued for offence) (1) Section 214(1), ‘an adult that’— omit, insert— ‘a person that reduces the need for custody associated with arrest and’. (2) Section 214(2), ‘an adult’— omit, insert— ‘a person’. (3) Section 214— insert — ‘ (4) If a person is alleged to have committed offences as a child and as an adult, a separate notice to appear must be issued for the offences committed as a child.’. 170 Insertion of new s 214A After section 214— insert— ‘214A Notice to appear must be served discreetly on a child ‘A notice to appear must be served on a child— (a) as discreetly as practicable; and (b) not at or in the vicinity of the child’s place of employment or school, unless there is no other place where service may be reasonably effected.’. 171 Amendment of s 215 (Notice to appear form) (1) Section 215(1)(c), ‘Magistrates Court’— omit, insert— ‘court of summary jurisdiction’. (2) Section 215(1)(c) and (d)— renumber as section 215(d) and (e). (3) Section 215(1)—

s 172 164 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 173 No. 39, 2002 insert — ‘(c) clearly state whether the person was, at the time of the alleged offence, an adult or a child; and’. (4) Section 215(3)— omit, insert — ‘ (3) The time stated in a notice to appear for the person’s appearance before a court must be a time— (a) for an adult—at least 14 days or, with the person’s written agreement, a stated shorter time, after the notice is served; or (b) for a child— (i) as soon as practicable after service of the notice to appear; and (ii) ﬁxed generally by the clerk of the court for hearing matters under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. ’. 172 Replacement of s 216 (Notice to appear must be ﬁled in court without cost to person) Section 216— omit, insert — ‘216 Filing of notice to appear ‘ (1) As soon as reasonably practicable after service of a notice to appear on a person, and before the time the person is required to appear at a place before a court under the notice, the notice must be lodged with the clerk of the court at the place. ‘ (2) A person must not be ordered to pay ﬁling costs in the proceeding for the offence.’. 173 Amendment of s 218 (Particulars of notice to appear offence must be given in the proceeding) Section 218(2), ‘the Magistrates Court’— omit, insert— ‘a court’.

s 174 165 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 176 No. 39, 2002 174 Amendment of s 219 (Notice to appear equivalent to a complaint and summons) (1) Section 219(2), ‘Magistrates Court’— omit, insert— ‘court’. (2) Section 219(3), from ‘a watch-house manager’ to ‘ Juvenile Justice Act 1992 ;’— omit, insert — ‘a watch-house manager issues and serves a notice to appear on a person under section 225(2)(b),’. 175 Amendment of s 220 (Court may order immediate arrest of person who fails to appear) (1) Section 220(1), ‘Magistrates Court’— omit, insert— ‘court’. (2) Section 220— insert — ‘ (5) Subsection (1)(b) does not prevent a court delaying the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest of a person to allow the person a further opportunity to appear before the court. ‘ (6) The bail and custody provisions of the JuvenileJustice Act1992, part 3 apply to a child arrested on a warrant issued under subsection (1)(b).’. 176 Amendment of s 221 (Court must strike out notice to appear if service insufﬁcient) Section 221(1), ‘Magistrates Court’— omit, insert— ‘court’.

s 177 166 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 178 No. 39, 2002 177 Replacement of s 223 (Parent and chief executive must be advised of arrest of child) Section 223— omit, insert— ‘223 Parent and chief executive to be advised of arrest or service of notice to appear ‘ (1) A police ofﬁcer who arrests a child must promptly advise the persons mentioned in subsection (3) of the arrest and whereabouts of the child. ‘ (2) A police ofﬁcer who has served a notice to appear on a child must promptly advise the persons mentioned in subsection (3) of the service of the notice to appear. ‘ (3) The persons to be notiﬁed are— (a) a parent of the child, unless a parent can not be found after reasonable inquiry; and (b) the chief executive (family services) or a person, nominated by that chief executive for the purpose, who holds an ofﬁce within the department for which the chief executive has responsibility. ‘ (4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to a child if a police ofﬁcer believes on reasonable grounds that the child is an adult. ‘ (5) In deciding whether the police ofﬁcer had the reasonable grounds, a court may have regard to the child’s apparent age and the circumstances of the arrest or service of the notice. ‘ (6) In this section— “parent” , of a child, includes someone who is apparently a parent of the child.’. 178 Amendment of s 225 (Duty of police ofﬁcer receiving custody of person arrested for offence) (1) Section 225(2)(b) and (c)— omit, insert — ‘(b) issue and serve a notice to appear on the person; or’.

s 179 167 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 181 No. 39, 2002 (2) Section 225(2)(d) and (e)— renumber as section 225(2)(c) and (d). (3) Section 225— insert— ‘ (4) This section does not apply to a child. 62 ’. 179 Amendment of s 252 (Questioning of children) (1) Section 252(2)(a), after ‘support person’— insert— ‘chosen by the child’. (2) Section 252(3)— renumber as section 252(4). (3) Section 252— insert— ‘ (3) However, the child may not choose as a support person a person against whom the offence is alleged to have been committed.’. 180 Amendment of s 312 (Taking DNA sample from child) Section 312(1)(a), ‘attendance notice under the JuvenileJusticeAct1992 ,’— omit, insert— ‘notice to appear’. 181 Amendment of s 459 (Regulation-making power) Section 459(2), from ‘responsibilities’— omit, insert— ‘responsibilities of the following persons under this Act— 62 See the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , section 39 (Dealing with a child if court can not be promptly constituted).

s 182 168 Juvenile Justice Amendment Act 2002 s 183 No. 39, 2002 (a) police ofﬁcers; (b) support persons.’. 182 Amendment of sch 1 (Acts not affected by this Act) Schedule 1, entry for Juvenile Justice Act 1992 , ‘198’— omit, insert— ‘198(2)’. 183 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) Schedule 4, deﬁnition “support person”, paragraph (b)(iv), ‘if no-one mentioned in subparagraphs (i) to (iii) is available—’— omit. © State of Queensland 2002