Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 221

221 Conditional release order—requirements

(1) A conditional release order must require—

(a) that the child participate as directed by the chief executive in a program (the
"conditional release program" ) for the period, of not more than 6 months, stated in the order (the
"program period" ); and

(b) that, during the period of the order—

(i) the child abstain from violation of the law; and

(ii) the child comply with every reasonable direction of the chief executive; and

(iii) the child report and receive visits as directed by the chief executive; and

(iv) the child or a parent of the child notify the chief executive within 2 business days of any change of address, employment or school; and

(v) the child not leave, or stay out of, Queensland without the prior approval of the chief executive.

(2) A conditional release order made in relation to a child may contain requirements that the child comply, during the whole or a part of the period of the order, with conditions that the court considers necessary for preventing a repetition by the child of the offence for which the detention order was made or the commission by the child of other offences.

Example of a condition—

a condition imposing a curfew on the child

(3) An order may contain a requirement that the child must comply with outside the State.

Example—

An order may require the child to attend a particular educational establishment that is located outside the State.

(4) A requirement imposed by a court under subsection (2) —

(a) must relate to the offence for which the detention order was made; and

(b) must be supported by the court’s written reasons; and

(c) must not require the child to wear a monitoring device.