Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The Court may, when determining the appropriate sentence for a youth who has been found guilty of an offence, adjourn the proceedings and order the youth to participate in a pre-sentencing conference.
(2) A pre-sentencing conference may be with any of the victims of the offence the youth is charged with, community representatives, members of the youth's family or any other persons as the Court considers appropriate.
(3) The Court may:
(a) direct that the conference be convened at a specified time and place; and
(b) appoint a person who is appropriately qualified as the convenor of the conference.
(4) The convenor must report to the Court as to the outcome of the conference.