Youth Justice Act 2024

Subject to Division 1 of Part 9.2, a person who attends a pre-sentence group conference must not disclose any information given or statement made to the pre-sentence group conference unless the disclosure is authorised under subsection (2).

A person may disclose information given or a statement made to a pre-sentence group conference if the disclosure is made in any of the following circumstances—

with the leave of the Children's Court;

with the consent of all of the attendees of the pre-sentence group conference;

by the convenor for the purposes of making a record of the proceedings at the pre-sentence group conference;

by the convenor for the purposes of preparing the group conference report for the Children's Court;

in a discussion between a person who attended the pre-sentence group conference and the person's legal representative;

in a discussion between the legal representatives of persons who attended the pre-sentence group conference;

for any other prescribed purpose.