Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 252K

    (1)     If a child or young person is charged with an offence at a police station, the person who charged the child or young person must promptly take all reasonable steps to tell 1 of the following people the relevant information in relation to the charge (whether or not the person lives in the ACT):

        (a)     a parent of the child or young person;

        (b)     if no parent of the child or young person has parental responsibility for the child or young person—someone else who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person.

    (2)     In this section:

"relevant information", for a charge, means—

        (a)     the terms of the charge; and

        (b)     where the child or young person is; and

        (c)     when the child or young person will be brought before the Childrens Court.