Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 158

158 Children entitled to explanation of sentence

(1) When making an order sentencing a child for an offence a court must take steps to ensure that the child understands—

(a) the purpose and effect of the order; and

(b) the consequences (if any) that may follow if the child fails to comply with the order.

(2) Examples of the steps a court may take are—

(a) directly explaining these matters in court to the child; or

(b) having some appropriate person give the explanation; or

(c) having an interpreter or other person able to communicate effectively with the child give the explanation; or

(d) causing an explanatory note in English or another language to be supplied to the child.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply where the child’s presence is not required at sentence.