Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (2), if the Children’s Court convicts a person of an offence
under section 84J(1), the Court may fine the person not more than $1 000 and
must deal with the person under section 84L.
(2) However, if a
superior court imposed the CSI, the Children’s Court must commit the
person to that superior court and that court may fine the person not more than
$1 000 and must deal with the person under section 84L.
(3) Subject to
subsection (4), if some other court of summary jurisdiction convicts a person
of an offence under section 84J(1), the court may fine the person not more
than $1 000 and must deal with the person under section 84L.
(4) However, subject
to section 84R, if the CSI was imposed —
(a) by
the Children’s Court for an indictable offence; or
(b) by a
superior court,
the court of summary
jurisdiction must commit the person to the court that imposed the CSI and that
court may fine the person not more than $1 000 and must deal with the person
under section 84L.
(5) Subsections (1) to
(4) have effect even if the suspension period has ended.
(6) A court that under
subsection (2) or (4) commits a person to another court must certify that the
person has been convicted of an offence under section 84J(1).
(7) A certificate by a
court under subsection (6) is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary,
evidence of its contents.
[Section 84K inserted: No. 27 of 2004 s. 5;
amended: No. 20 of 2013 s. 130.]