Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 17

17 Caution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community

(1) If a caution is to be administered to a child who is a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, an authorised officer mentioned in section 16 —

(a) must consider whether there is a respected person of the community who is available and willing to administer the caution; and

(b) if a respected person of the community is available and willing to administer the caution—must request the person to administer the caution.

(2) In a proceeding, evidence that a person purported to administer a caution under subsection (1) as a respected person mentioned in the subsection is evidence that the person was a respected person.