Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 209

209 Court’s reasons for detention order to be stated and recorded

(1) A court that makes a detention order against a child must—

(a) state its reasons in court; and

(b) cause the reasons to be reduced to writing and kept by the proper officer of the court with the documents relating to the proceeding.

(2) However, a court need not comply with subsection (1) (b) if the reasons are recorded under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962 .

(3) Subject to subsection (4) , a court’s failure to comply with subsection (1) does not affect the sentence order.

(4) A court considering the sentence order on appeal or review must take into account a failure to comply with subsection (1) (a) and give the failure the weight it considers appropriate.