Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 184

184 Considerations whether or not to record conviction

(1) In considering whether or not to record a conviction, a court must have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including—

(a) the nature of the offence; and

(b) the child’s age and any previous convictions; and

(c) the impact the recording of a conviction will have on the child’s chances of—

(i) rehabilitation generally; or

(ii) finding or retaining employment.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by this or another Act, a finding of guilt without the recording of a conviction is not taken to be a conviction for any purpose.

(3) A finding of guilt against a child for an offence without the recording of a conviction stops a subsequent proceeding against the child for the same offence as if a conviction had been recorded.