Young Offenders Amendment Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 960

New South Wales

Young Offenders Amendment

Regulation 2003

under the

Young Offenders Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Young Offenders Act 1997.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Young Offenders Regulation 1997 under the Young Offenders Act 1997 so as:

(a)	to enable the Community Relations Commission to be represented on the Youth Justice Advisory Committee established under that Act, and
(b)	to enable an outcome plan under that Act to require a child who admits to an offence involving the lighting of a bush fire, or the destruction or damage of property by means of fire, to attend the screening of a film or video as to the effects of fire (as an alternative to attending the burns unit of a hospital).

This Regulation is made under the Young Offenders Act 1997, including section 73 (the general power to make regulations) and sections 52 and 70.

Published in Gazette No 197 of 19 December 2003, page 11374	Page 1
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Clause 1	Young Offenders Amendment Regulation 2003

Young Offenders Amendment Regulation 2003

under the

Young Offenders Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Young Offenders Amendment

Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Young Offenders Regulation 1997

The Young Offenders Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Young Offenders Amendment Regulation 2003

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 5 Appointment of members

Insert after clause 5 (e):

(f) the Chairperson of the Community Relations Commission or a nominee of the Chairperson.

[2]      Clause 19A Outcome plans for bush fire/arson juvenile offenders

Omit clause 19A (2) (a). Insert instead:

(a)

attendance by the child:

(i)	at a burns unit or ward of a hospital that agrees to participate in the youth justice conference scheme, or
(ii)	at a screening of a film or video designed to provide education as to the harmful effects of fire,

BY AUTHORITY