Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 106

106 Child may change plea of guilty

(1) A child who appears before a Childrens Court judge after being committed to be sentenced on an indictable offence is in all cases entitled to enter a plea of not guilty when called on to enter a plea under the Criminal Code , section 600 .

(2) To the extent that this section is inconsistent with the Criminal Code , section 600 , this section prevails.

(3) Evidence that the child previously entered a plea of guilty at the committal proceeding is not admissible in the trial following the change of plea.