Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 74

74 Chief executive’s right of audience generally

(1) This section applies to a proceeding before a court in which a child is charged with an offence.

(2) The chief executive is entitled to be heard by the court on matters mentioned in subsection (3) , even though the chief executive is not a party to the proceeding.

(3) The matters are—

(a) adjournment of the proceeding; and

(b) matters relating to the custody or release from custody of the child pending completion of the proceeding; and

(c) sentence orders that may be made against the child; and

(d) without limiting paragraphs (a) to (c) , matters on which the court considers the chief executive should be heard.

(4) However, the chief executive must not be heard on an issue under section 234 .

(5) If the chief executive is a party to the proceeding, the chief executive may appear and be represented by an officer of the department.