Children and Young Persons Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Youth Court
50. Power to convene juvenile case conference to deal with child or young person guilty of offence
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Without affecting section 49, the Youth Court may, for the purpose of dealing with a child or young person who has been found guilty of committing an offence (called in this section the offender), convene a juvenile case conference in accordance with the prescribed requirements and a juvenile case conference so convened may deal with the offender by —
reprimanding the offender;
administering a formal caution to the offender in the prescribed manner against further committing any offence;
requiring the offender to pay compensation to the victim of the offence in such manner and of such amount as may be determined by the juvenile case conference;
requiring the offender, in accordance with the prescribed requirements, to perform community service, not exceeding 240 hours in the aggregate, of such nature and at such time and place and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the juvenile case conference;
requiring the offender to apologise to the victim of the offence in such manner as may be specified by the juvenile case conference; or
requiring the offender to do such other act as the juvenile case conference thinks appropriate in the circumstances.
In exercising its powers under this section, the juvenile case conference must —
juvenile
“juvenile” means a person who is 10 years of age or older but below 18 years of age;
comply with the prescribed procedure; and
have regard to the orders which may be made by the Youth Court under section 49 for dealing with a person who has been found guilty by the Court of a comparable offence.
If the offender fails —
to attend at the time and place appointed for a juvenile case conference; or
to comply with any requirement of the juvenile case conference,the juvenile case conference must report the matter to the Youth Court and the Court may thereupon make such order as is necessary for the offender to be produced before the Court and thereafter deal with the offender as the Court thinks fit in accordance with section 49.
A person who attends a juvenile case conference (not being the offender, the parent or guardian of the offender or any other member of the offender’s family) must not divulge any personal information obtained at the conference relating to any of those persons.
guardian
“guardian”, in relation to a child or young person, includes any person who, in the opinion of the court having cognizance of any case in relation to the child or young person, or in which the child or young person is concerned, has for the time being the charge of, or control over, the child or young person;
Any person who contravenes subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.[45