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LIQUOR ACT 2010 - SECT 151

Police must caution and release child or young person as soon as practicable

    (1)     If a police officer intends to caution a child or young person, the police officer must—

        (a)     take the child or young person to a police station; and

        (b)     issue the caution within a reasonable time after the child or young person is taken to the station.

    (2)     If a police officer cautions a child or young person, the police officer must as soon as practicable after the caution is issued—

        (a)     arrange for the child or young person to be escorted by a police officer to the child's or young person's home; or

        (b)     arrange for a person with parental responsibility for the child or young person to come to the police station to collect the child or young person; or

        (c)     release the child or young person.

    (3)     If a police officer releases a child or young person under subsection (2) (c), the police officer must tell the CYP director-general about the release as soon as practicable after the release.



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