Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (RESTORATIVE JUSTICE) ACT 2004 (NO. 65 OF 2004) - SECT 46

The convenor of a restorative justice conference may conduct the conference in any form (or combination of forms) consistent with the restorative justice guidelines that would, in the convenor's opinion, best facilitate—

        (a)     interaction between the participants; and

        (b)     the promotion of the objects of this Act in relation to the conference.

Examples of conference forms

1     face-to-face meeting

2     exchange of written or emailed statements between participants

3     exchange of prerecorded videos between participants

4     teleconferencing

5     videoconferencing

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).