Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 48AF

48AF Releasing children charged with prescribed indictable offence committed while on release

(1) This section applies in relation to a child in custody in connection with a charge of a prescribed indictable offence if the offence is alleged to have been committed—

(a) while the child was released into the custody of a parent, or at large with or without bail, between the day of the child’s apprehension and the day of the child’s committal for trial for another indictable offence; or

(b) while the child was awaiting trial, or sentencing, for another indictable offence.

(2) A court or police officer must refuse to release the child from custody unless the child shows cause why the child’s detention in custody is not justified.

(3) If a court releases the child, the order releasing the child must state the reasons for the decision.

(4) If a police officer releases the child, the police officer must make a record of the reasons for the decision.