Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 153

153 Disclosure of pre-sentence report

(1) If a pre-sentence report is given to a court under section 151 , the court must give a copy of the report as soon as practicable—

(a) to the prosecution; and

(b) if the child is represented by a lawyer—the lawyer.

(2) If the child is not represented by a lawyer, the court may give the report to the child or a parent of the child present in the court.

(3) The court may give directions it considers appropriate about a report given to anyone under subsection (1) or (2) , including, for example, a direction limiting disclosure and a direction requiring the report’s return.