Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this section, the provisions of Subdivision (4) of Division 2 of Part 3 of the Sentencing Act 1991 (except sections 32 and 33) apply to an order made by the Criminal Division detaining a child in a youth justice centre as if a reference to the Magistrates' Court were a reference to the Children's Court.
(2) If a child is ordered to be detained in a youth justice centre under section 412, the period of detention in respect of an offence must not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence if committed by an adult and in any event must not exceed 2 years.
(3) If a child is convicted on the same day, or in the same proceeding, of more than one offence—
(a) any period of detention in a youth justice centre shall be concurrent with any period of detention in respect of any other of the offences, unless the Court, at the time of sentencing, states that the sentences are cumulative and gives reasons for its decision; and
(b) the aggregate term of detention in a youth justice centre which may be required in respect of all of the offences must not exceed 3 years.
(4) Every term of detention in a youth justice centre imposed on a child by a court must, unless otherwise directed by the court at the time of pronouncing the sentence, be, as from the date of its commencement, served concurrently with any uncompleted sentence or sentences of detention in a youth justice centre imposed on that child, whether before or at the time the relevant sentence was imposed.
(5) The Court may make recommendations in writing as to the management or treatment of, or any other matter concerning, a child sentenced to detention in a youth justice centre.