Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PARENTAL SUPPORT AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT 2008 - SECT 44

44 .         Young Offenders Act 1994 amended

        (1)         The amendment in this section is to the Young Offenders Act 1994 .

        (2)         After section 15A(3) the following subsections are inserted —

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        (3a)         Upon being requested to do so by an authorised officer, the chief executive officer is to provide —

            (a)         the officer with information relating to a child who is, or was, a young offender or detainee, for the purposes of proceedings for or in respect of a responsible parenting order in respect of the child; or

            (b)         an appointed person or body with information relating to a person who is, or was, a young offender or detainee, for the purposes of section 39 of that Act.

        (3b)         The information provided under subsection (3a)(b) must be in a form that would not reveal the identity of the person.

        (3c)         In subsection (3a) —

        appointed person or body means a person or body appointed under section 39(1) of the Parental Support and Responsibility Act 2008 ;

        authorised officer has the meaning given to that term in section 3 of the Parental Support and Responsibility Act 2008 ;

        child means a person who is under 15 years of age;

        proceedings for or in respect of a responsible parenting order has the meaning given to “proceedings for or in respect of an order” in section 26 of the Parental Support and Responsibility Act 2008 .

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