Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 174

174 If child fails to attend drug assessment and education session

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a court refers a child to a drug assessment and education session and directs the child attend the session by a stated date; and

(b) the child fails to attend the session by the stated date.

(2) The approved provider for the drug assessment and education session must give notice to the court’s proper officer that the child failed to attend the session by the stated date.

(3) The court’s proper officer may—

(a) take no action; or

(b) bring the charge for the offence back on before the court for sentencing.

(4) For subsection (3) (b) , the proper officer must give notice to the child and the chief executive that the proceeding for the offence is to be heard by the court on a stated day.

(5) The notice must include a warning that, if the child fails to appear before the court in answer to the notice, the court may issue a warrant for the child’s arrest.

(6) If requested by the proper officer, the commissioner of the police service must help the proper officer give the notice.

(7) If the child fails to appear before the court in answer to the notice, the court may issue a warrant for the child’s arrest.

(8) For part 5 , if the court issues a warrant and the child is arrested under the warrant, the child must be treated as if arrested on a charge of an offence.