Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (KOORI COURT) ACT 2004 (NO 89 OF 2004) - SECT 1

The purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to establish a Koori Court (Criminal Division) of the Children's Court; and

        (b)     to provide for the jurisdiction and procedure of that Division—

with the objective of ensuring greater participation of the Aboriginal community in the sentencing process of the Children's Court through the role to be played in that process by the Aboriginal elder or respected person and others so as to assist in achieving more culturally appropriate sentences for young Aboriginal people.