Children and Young People Act 2008
880Notification of location of child or young person
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880 Notification of location of child or young person (a) a child or young person has voluntarily entered a hospital, police station or refuge (the place); and (b) the person in charge, or an occupier, of the place suspects on reasonable grounds that none of the following people knows the location of the child or young person: (i) a parent of the child or young person; (ii) someone else who has daily care responsibility, or (2) The person in charge, or occupier, may, if the person or occupier believes on reasonable grounds that it is in the best interests of the child or young person to do so— (a) tell a parent of the child or young person, or someone else who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person, of the location of the child or (b) if the place is not at a police station—tell a police officer that the child or young person is at the hospital or refuge.