Source: (2004) Canberra, Australia: ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office. Downloaded 1 September 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)
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