Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 81

81 Committal proceeding if the offence is a serious offence

(1) This section applies to a proceeding to be conducted before a Childrens Court magistrate (the
"court" ) in which a child is charged with a serious offence.

(2) A hearing of the charge before the court must be conducted as a committal proceeding.

(3) If the charge is changed to a charge of an offence other than a serious offence during the committal proceeding, subsection (1) is subject to divisions 3 and 4 .

(4) If, in the proceeding, the child is also charged with an offence other than a serious offence, the court may treat the charge as a charge of a serious offence for the purpose of this section.