Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If the appellate court finds a person guilty of an offence and defers sentencing the person for the purposes of a group conference, it must order a group conference report.
(2) A group conference report must be prepared by the convenor of the group conference.
(3) Sections 549 and 552 apply to group conference reports under this Subdivision as if—
(a) a reference to a report to which Part 7.8 applies were a reference to a group conference report under this Subdivision; and
(b) a reference to the child were a reference to the person; and
(c) a reference to the consent of the child's parent were omitted if the person is no longer a child at the time of the appeal.
Note
Section 549 requires a warning to be given to persons being interviewed in the course of the preparation of the report. Section 552 concerns the confidentiality of reports.
(4) Sections 578 and 580 apply to group conference reports under this Subdivision as if—
(a) a reference to the child were a reference to the person; and
(b) a reference to the Court were a reference to the appellate court; and
(c) a reference to section 579 were a reference to section 430O.
Note
Section 578 specifies the content of a group conference report. Section 580 concerns access to a group conference report.
S. 430O inserted by No. 68/2009 s. 69, amended by Nos 61/2014 s. 123, 1/2022 s. 54.