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Juvenile Justice became a division of the Principal Department, the Department of Human Services from 1 July 2009 when all branches of the former Department of Juvenile Justice were transferred to the Department of Human Services. (1)
Juvenile Justice was responsible for administering youth justice conferences and for supervising young people who received community-based orders or custodial sentences from the courts. The agency operated under the terms of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 (Act No.57, 1987), the Children (Community Service Orders) Act 1987 (Act No.,56 1987), the Young Offenders Act 1997 (Act No.54, 1997) and the Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988 (Act No.85, 1988). (2)
From 4 April 2011 under the Public Sector Employment and Management (Departments) Order 2011 the group of staff comprising the Division of Juvenile Justice were transferred from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Attorney General and Justice. (3) The Department of Education and Communities (DEC) administered education and training units in seven of the nine NSW juvenile justice centres in 2011. The Aboriginal Strategic Advisory Committee within Juvenile Justice provided Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff with the opportunity to provide advice and guidance to the Chief Executive on policy, programs and Aboriginal issues. (4)
On 23 April 2014 the name of the Department of Attorney General and Justice was changed to the Department of Police and Justice. (5) On 1 July 2014 the name of the Department of Police and Justice was changed to the Department of Justice. (6)
Juvenile Justice NSW was renamed to Youth Justice NSW from 4 April 2019 due to machinery of government changes. (7)
On 1 July 2019 the Department of Justice was abolished, and Youth Justice was transferred into the Department of Communities and Justice into the Child Protection and Permanency, District and Youth Justice Services division which had been created in April 2019. (8)
By 2022, Youth Justice held 6 Youth Justice Centres across the state and 35 Youth Justice Community Offices that provided community-based intervention for young people who have offended. (9)
Endnotes
1. Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order (2009 No 352); notified on NSW Legislation website, 27 July 2009; Department of Human Services, Annual Report, 2009-10, p.7, 174.
2. Ibid.
3. Public Sector Employment and Management (Departments) Order 2011 (2011 No 184) cl. 42; NSW Legislation website, 3 April 2011. 4. Department of Attorney General and Justice, Annual Report 2011, p.154.
5. Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes - Ministers and Public Service Agencies) Order 2014 (2014 No 233); NSW Legislation website, 23 April 2014.
6. Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes - Miscellaneous Agencies) Order 2014 (2014 No 413); NSW Legislation website, 30 June 2014.
7. Department of Justice, Annual Report 2018-2019, pp.10, 15.
8. Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 (2019 No 159) cl. 10 (2); Legislation website, 2 April 2019.
9. Youth Justice NSW website, About Youth Justice, https://www.nsw.gov.au/legal-and-justice/youth-justice/about (accessed 13 December 2022).
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