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Up one level- Parliament of Victoria. Version No. 075, Children and Young Persons Act 1989
- Legislation related to conferencing and indigenous courts in Australia.
- Government of Tasmania. Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
- This legislation outlines the practice of family group conferencing for the Australian state of Tasmania.
- New South Wales Consolidated Acts. YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997
- This legislation, the Young Offenders Act, 1997 in Section 34, gives the "principles and purposes" of conferencing. Some of the principles listed include promoting responsibility for the crimes committed, strengthening the family, providing rights for the victim, and providing developmental services for the offender. The purpose of each conference is to “make decisions and recommendations about, and to determine an outcome plan in respect of, the child who is the subject of the conference.�? With this, children should be dealt with fairly during conferences while also retaining responsibility for their offensive actions. Reparation for the victim is also included in this.
- Queensland Parliament. Criminal Offence Victims Act 1995.
- An Act to establish principles of justice for victims of criminal offences, and to make provision for the payment of compensation to them. (excerpt)
- Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. Crimes (Restorative Justice) Bill 2004
- The objects of this Act are as follows: (a) to enhance the rights of victims of offences by providing restorative justice as a way of empowering victims to make decisions about how to repair the harm done by offences; (b) to set up a system of restorative justice that brings together victims, offenders and their personal supporters in a carefully managed, safe environment; (c) to ensure that the interests of victims of offences are given high priority in the administration of restorative justice under this Act; (d) to enable access to restorative justice at every stage of the criminal justice process without substituting for the criminal justice system or changing the normal process of criminal justice; (e) to enable agencies that have a role in the criminal justice system to refer offences for restorative justice. (excerpt)
- Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004
- This document consists of the text of a legislative Act to provide a process of restorative justice for victims, offenders, and the community, as well as for other purposes. Called the Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004, it was enacted by the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory. The sections of the Act are as follows: preliminary information about the Act and this document itself; underlying principles of restorative justice; key concepts of restorative justice; application of the Act (i.e., types of applicable offenses); eligibility for restorative justice; referral for restorative justice; suitability for restorative justice; restorative justice conferences and agreements; administration of the Act; miscellaneous information; and a dictionary of key terms used in the Act.
