(1) This section applies if, in a referral under section 23 (Referral—procedure), a referring entity states that a person is an eligible victim, parent, or offender and gives grounds for that statement.
(2) For this part, the referring entity's statement—
(a) is sufficient for the chief executive to be satisfied of the fact of eligibility; but
(b) does not prevent the chief executive from being satisfied that a victim, parent or offender is not eligible for restorative justice.