276AAYouth Court determination whether charge related to charge for Schedule 1A offence

1. This section applies to a young person aged 17 years who is charged with a Schedule 1A offence and a non-Schedule 1A offence.

2. The prosecutor may seek a determination from the Youth Court that the charge for the non-Schedule 1A offence is related to the charge for the Schedule 1A offence.

3. If the prosecutor intends to seek a determination, the prosecutor must do so as soon as practicable after the later of the charges is filed.

4. If the prosecutor seeks a determination under subsection (2), the Youth Court must determine the matter.

5. In making a determination, the court may take into consideration—

6. any agreement of the parties:
7. written or oral submissions of the parties.

8. For the purpose of this section,—

9. a charge (B) is related to another charge (A) where the offending for which charge B is filed arises from the same incident or series of incidents as the offending for which charge A is filed; and
10. a series of incidents is determined by—
    1. the time at which they occurred:
    2. the overall nature of the alleged offending:
    3. any other relationship between the alleged offending that the court considers relevant.