Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Before
section 21(2) the following subsection is inserted —
“
(1) In this section —
“detention” has the meaning given to
that term by section 3 of the Young Offenders Act 1994 .
”.
(2) Section 21(2)
and (3) are repealed and the following subsection is inserted
instead —
“
(2) The Court when constituted by or so as to include a
magistrate cannot —
(a)
sentence an offender to a term of detention longer than 12 months; or
(b)
sentence an offender who at the time of being sentenced is under 18 years
of age to a term of imprisonment longer than 3 months; or
(c)
sentence an offender who at the time of being sentenced has reached
18 years of age to a term of imprisonment longer than 6 months,
for one offence, or as
the aggregate of the sentences imposed on the one occasion for more than one
offence.
”.
(3)
Section 21(4)(a) is amended by deleting “be detained in a detention
centre” and inserting instead —
“ detention ”.