Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Identifying particulars taken from a child under an order under section 25 must be destroyed if the investigation for which the order was made does not result in a sentence order being made.
(2) For subsection (1), the destruction must happen within 7 days of whichever of the following happens last--
(a) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding had started when the order was made and the proceeding ends without a sentence order being made--the end of the proceeding;
(b) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding is started within 28 days after the order is made and the proceeding ends without a sentence order being made--the end of the proceeding;
(c) if the investigation is for an offence for which a proceeding is not started within 28 days of the order--the end of the period of 28 days.
Note--
See the extended meaning of charged offence in section 25.
(3) An applicant who obtains an order to have identifying particulars taken from a child under section 25 must not fail to ensure the particulars are destroyed under this section, unless the applicant has a reasonable excuse for failing to do so.
(4) A failure to comply with subsection (3) may be dealt with as a breach of discipline under the Police Service Administration Act 1990.
(5) In this section--
end of the proceeding, in relation to the referral of an offence to a conference under section 161(3)(a)(i), means--
(a) the making of the relevant conference agreement; and
(b) the satisfactory completion of the requirements of the agreement.