Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 83

(1)     If a young person is charged at a police station with an offence, the person who charged the young person must promptly take all reasonable steps to give notice to a person with parental responsibility for the young person about—

        (a)     the charge; and

        (b)     the young person's location; and

        (c)     the time and place when the young person will be brought before the court.

(2)     Subsection (1) applies whether the person with parental responsibility lives in the Territory or not.