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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
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#### 64 Actions by Secretary on non-compliance
64 Actions by Secretary on non-compliance
> > (1) This section applies if the Secretary is satisfied that a juvenile offender has failed to comply with the offender’s obligations under a parole order.
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> > (2) The Secretary may take any of the following actions—
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> > > (a) record the non-compliance and take no further action,
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> > > (b) give an informal warning to the juvenile offender.
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> > (3) As an alternative to taking any such action, the Secretary can decide to refer the failure to comply to the Children’s Court because of the serious nature of the non-compliance and may also make a recommendation as to the action that the Court may take in respect of the juvenile offender.
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> > (4) In deciding whether and what action should be taken in respect of the juvenile offender’s failure to comply with obligations under the parole order, the Secretary may have regard to any action previously taken in respect of the failure to comply or any earlier failures to comply with the order.
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> **ss 62–66:** Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 2 \[3\].