Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 176A

176A Sentence orders—graffiti offences

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a child is found guilty of a graffiti offence before a court; and

(b) the child had attained at least the age of 12 years at the time of the offence.

(2) Without limiting section 175 , the court must make a graffiti removal order for the child.

(3) Subject to sections 194A and 249 (3) , the graffiti removal order must order the child to perform graffiti removal service for a period no longer than—

(a) if the child has not attained the age of 13 years at the time of sentence—5 hours; or

(b) if the child has attained the age of 13 years, but not the age of 15 years, at the time of sentence—10 hours; or

(c) if the child has attained the age of 15 years at the time of sentence—20 hours.