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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 409I

Concurrent orders

    (1)     If a child is convicted on the same day, or in the same proceeding, of more than one offence—

        (a)     the aggregate period of any youth control orders made in respect of the offences must not exceed 12 months or extend beyond the child's twenty-first birthday; and

        (b)     if the Court

              (i)     makes a youth control order in relation to an offence; and

              (ii)     directs that the child be detained in a youth justice centre in respect of another offence—

the aggregate term of detention and youth control orders in respect of all of the offences must not exceed 4 years.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), a youth control order in respect of a child must be served, from the date the order commences, concurrently with any uncompleted youth control order in respect of that child.

    (3)     If the Court makes a youth control order in respect of a child who has not completed another youth control order, it may, at the time of making the order, direct that the order be served—

        (a)     in part concurrently with the other order; or

        (b)     wholly cumulatively on the other order.

    (4)     If the Court

        (a)     makes a youth control order in respect of a child in relation to one or more offences; and

        (b)     directs that the child be detained in a youth residential centre in respect of one or more other offences—

the aggregate term of detention and youth control orders must not exceed 2 years.

S. 409J inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 13.



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