Part 5Provisions relating to procedure in Youth Court
Reports
333Medical, psychiatric, and psychological reports
If, at any stage of any proceedings under Part 4, it appears to the court that a medical, psychiatric, or psychological report should be available to the court, the court may make any order that the Family Court is empowered to make under any of the provisions of sections 178 and 181, and the provisions of those sections and of sections 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, and 185 shall apply with such modifications as may be necessary.
Without limiting the provisions of subsection (1), the court may obtain a psychiatric or psychological report under this section in respect of a young person for the purpose of assisting the court in determining—
- whether the young person is unfit to stand trial within the meaning of section 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003; or
- if the young person is insane within the meaning of section 23 of the Crimes Act 1961; or
- the type and duration of any order that it is empowered to make under Part 4; or
- the nature of any requirement that it might impose as part of, or as a condition of, any order that it is empowered to make under Part 4.
Without limiting the provisions of subsection (1), the court may make it a condition of any grant of bail that a young person shall attend, in accordance with the court's directions, for the purposes of a psychiatric examination or a psychological assessment under this section.
Notes
- Section 333(1): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
- Section 333(2): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
- Section 333(2)(a): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).
- Section 333(3): amended, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).

