South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (YOUTHS SENTENCED AS ADULTS) ACT 2017 (NO 67 OF 2017) - SECT 4

4—Amendment of section 3—Objects and statutory policies

        (1)         Section 3(2a)(a) and (b)—delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute:

regard should be had to the deterrent effect any proposed sanction may have on the youth

        (2)         Section 3—after subsection (3) insert:

        (4)         This section does not apply to a court imposing sanctions on a youth who is being dealt with as an adult, whether because the youth's conduct is part of a pattern of repeated illegal conduct or for some other reason, including, for example, the gravity of the illegal conduct (and the laws applying in relation to the sentencing of an adult apply to such a youth).