Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (YOUTH JUSTICE REFORM) ACT 2017 (NO. 43 OF 2017) - SECT 6

After section 522 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 522A     Consistent magistrate to oversee criminal proceedings

    (1)     If—

        (a)     criminal proceedings are brought in the Court against a child; and

        (b)     the child has previously been brought before the Criminal Division of the Court constituted by a particular magistrate—

the Court is to be constituted by that magistrate, unless—

        (c)     that magistrate does not still hold office as a magistrate; or

        (d)     it is otherwise impracticable for that magistrate to constitute the Court; or

        (e)     the child consents to another magistrate constituting the Court.

    (2)     If a child is before the Criminal Division of the Court in relation to more than one proceeding, the Court must, as far as practicable, ensure that the Court is constituted by the same magistrate for all the proceedings.

    (3)     This section does not apply to contested proceedings.".

        Division 4—Aggregate sentences