Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (RESTORATIVE JUSTICE) ACT 2004 - SECT 41

    (1)     The convenor of a restorative justice conference, subject to this part, may do anything necessary or desirable to be done in relation to calling the conference, including the following:

        (a)     consulting a person with knowledge of or experience in a particular culture;

        (b)     inviting a person to take part in the conference;

        (c)     deciding whether the conference should require the participants to meet in person, or to communicate in any other way;

        (d)     fixing a time for the conference, and for any continuation of the conference;

        (e)     fixing a venue for the conference, if the participants are to meet in person;

        (f)     identifying the issues that should be addressed at the conference;

        (g)     facilitating the conference;

        (h)     warning participants about the potentially incriminating nature of any statement to be made, or being made, at the conference;

              (i)     facilitating an agreement between the participants;

        (j)     ensuring that this Act is complied with in relation to the conference and any agreement;

        (k)     any other function required by regulation.

    (2)     The convenor must carry out the functions mentioned in subsection (1) in a way that ensures that no-one's safety, rights or dignity is compromised.