Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 356E

    (1)     An adjournment must not be granted under section 356D(1) unless the child—

        (a)     acknowledges to the Court responsibility for the offence; and

        (b)     consents to the Court adjourning the proceeding for the purpose of the child participating in a diversion program.

    (2)     A child's acknowledgement to the Court of responsibility for an offence is inadmissible as evidence in a proceeding for that offence and does not constitute a plea.

    (3)     A plea withdrawn under section 356D(2) is inadmissible as evidence in a proceeding for the offence and does not constitute a plea.

S. 356F inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 59.