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

Contents of report

    (1)     A report must set out the following matters—

        (a)     whether the child has a mental impairment or other condition or disability and, if so, specify the services which are available and appropriate for the child;

        (b)     the services currently being made available to the child, whether or not by a government department, and whether the child has complied with those services;

S. 38ZT(1)(c) amended by No. 20/2015 s. 36.

        (c)     if the Children's Court so requests, the services that would be made available to the child if a custodial supervision order were to be made in respect of the child.

    (2)     The author of a report may include in the report a recommendation as to whether a non-custodial supervision order or a custodial supervision order is appropriate for the child who is the subject of the report.

S. 38ZT(3) amended by No. 15/2015 s. 37(14).

    (3)     If the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a statement in respect of the child that the child has an intellectual disability within the meaning of the Disability Act 2006 , a report must include a copy of the statement.

    (4)     Division 1 of Part 7.8 of Chapter 7 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 applies, with any necessary modifications, to a report under this Division.

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



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