Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997 - SECT 38ZI

    (1)     A supervision order is for a term not exceeding 6 months that is specified by the Children's Court.

    (2)     When making a supervision order, the Children's Court must direct that the matter be brought back to the court for review at the end of the period specified by the court.

Note

The court's powers on review are contained in section 38ZO (for custodial supervision orders) and section 38ZP (for non‑custodial supervision orders).

    (3)     The term of a supervision order may be extended more than once by a maximum of 6 months but so that the total period of the order (including custodial supervision orders and non-custodial supervision orders) does not exceed—

        (a)     in the case of a child aged 10 years or more but under 15 years at the time of the making of the supervision order, 12 months; and

        (b)     in the case of a child aged 15 years or more but under 21 years at the time of the making of the supervision order, 24 months.

S. 38ZJ
inserted by No. 55/2014 s. 125 (as amended by No. 79/2014 s. 48).