Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if, in a referral under section 23 (Referral—procedure) or section 28A (Referrals not requiring offender notification—post-sentence stage), a referring entity states that a person is an eligible victim, parent, or offender and gives grounds for that statement.
Note For a referral under s 28A, the referring entity is not required to be satisfied that the offender is an eligible offender.
(2) For this part, the referring entity's statement—
(a) is sufficient for the director-general to be satisfied of the fact of eligibility; but
(b) does not prevent the director-general from being satisfied that a victim, parent or offender is not eligible for restorative justice.