Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 203

203 Preconditions to making of intensive supervision order

(1) A court may make an intensive supervision order for a child only if—

(a) the child expresses willingness to comply with the order; and

(b) the court has ordered a pre-sentence report and considered the report; and

(c) the court considers the child, unless subject to an intensive period of supervision and support in the community, is likely to commit further offences having regard to the following—

(i) the number of offences committed by the child, including the child’s criminal history;

(ii) the circumstances of the offences;

(iii) the circumstances of the child;

(iv) whether other sentence orders have not or are unlikely to stop the child from committing further offences.

(2) The pre-sentence report mentioned in subsection (1) (b) must include comments—

(a) outlining the potential suitability of the child for an intensive supervision order; and

(b) advising whether an appropriate intensive supervision program is available for the child.