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Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005
29LAuthorised officer may interview child
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29L Authorised officer may interview child
(1) While exercising a power under section 29C(2), 29G(2) or 29I(2), an authorised officer may interview a child present at the premises or place.
(2) Before interviewing a child, the authorised officer must consider, and take all reasonable steps to mitigate, any negative effect that the interview may have on the child.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the authorised officer must consider whether the child's primary family carer (within the meaning of the Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012) should be present during the interview.
S. 29M inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 24.