Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 301C

301C Conference agreement reached at conference held during emergency period

(1) This section applies—

(a) to a conference agreement made at a conference held during the emergency period for a declared emergency; and

(b) if, because of the declared emergency, it was necessary for 1 or more of the persons entitled to participate in the conference, who chose to participate, to participate by audio link or audiovisual link.

(2) For section 36 (2) , the requirement that the conference agreement must be signed by a particular person, other than the convenor of the conference, is taken to be satisfied if the convenor notes on the agreement that the person has agreed to the agreement.

(3) The convenor of the conference is taken to have complied with section 36 (4) if, promptly after the conference, the convenor gives a copy of the conference agreement to each person who is required to sign the agreement under that section.

(4) In this section—

"audio link" means facilities, including telephone, that enable reasonably contemporaneous and continuous audio communication between persons at different places.

"audiovisual link" means facilities that enable reasonably contemporaneous and continuous audio and visual communication between persons at different places.