Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies in relation to a quarter of a year if—
(a) an offence is referred for restorative justice before the start of, or during, the quarter; and
(b) restorative justice—
(i) has not ended for the offence; or
(ii) ended for the offence during the quarter.
Note Quarter is defined in the Legislation Act
, dict, pt 1 to mean the 3 months following 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in any year.
(2) Within 14 days after the last day of the quarter, the director-general (restorative justice) must report to the referring entity on the progress of restorative justice for the offence during the quarter.
Note Section 72 deals with what happens if the referring entity is the same director-general as the director-general (restorative justice), but the referring entity is the director-general in his or her capacity as director-general (corrections) or director-general (children and young people).
That section provides that the director-general must ensure that appropriate administrative arrangements are made for the report to be given by a delegate of the director-general as director-general (restorative justice) to a delegate of the director-general as director-general (corrections) or director-general (children and young people).
(3) This section does not apply if the referring entity is the director-general (restorative justice).
Note The referring entity may be the director-general (restorative justice) under table 22, item 1 or 5.
(4) In this section:
"ends"—restorative justice ends for an offence if—
(a) the director-general decides that restorative justice is not suitable for the offence; or
(b) the convenor of a restorative justice conference for the offence discontinues the conference under section 47; or
(c) a restorative justice conference for the offence is concluded.
Note Restorative justice means the process of restorative justice provided under this Act, including a restorative justice conference (see s 10). Restorative justice, apart from the process provided under this Act that is mentioned in the definition, does not necessarily end as provided in the definition of ends for this section.