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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
239Attendance of police or medical practitioner
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239 Attendance of police or medical practitioner
239 Attendance of police or medical practitioner
(1) A person in exercising a function to which this Part applies may be accompanied by a police officer or a medical practitioner, or both.
(2) The police officer or medical practitioner may take all reasonable steps to assist the person in the exercise of the person’s functions.