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Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987
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#### 82 Warrants
82 Warrants
> > (1) A Children’s Judge may issue a warrant for the arrest of a juvenile offender if—
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> > > (a) the offender fails to appear before the Children’s Court after a notice has been issued to the offender under section 78, or
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> > > (b) the Court is of the opinion that the offender will not appear if given such a notice.
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> > (2) If the Children’s Court revokes a parole order, a Children’s Judge may issue a warrant committing the juvenile offender to a detention centre or correctional centre to serve the remainder of the detention order to which the order relates by way of full-time detention.
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> > (3) The Children’s Court may, by order, recall or suspend any warrant that it has issued under this section.
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> > (4) A warrant for the arrest of a juvenile offender under this section is sufficient authority for any police officer to arrest, or to have custody of, the juvenile offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the place specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the Children’s Court.
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> > (5) A warrant committing a juvenile offender to a detention centre or correctional centre under this section is sufficient authority—
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> > > (a) for any police officer to arrest, or to have custody of, the juvenile offender named in the warrant, to convey the offender to the place specified in the warrant and to deliver the offender into the custody of the person in charge of that place, and
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> > > (b) for the person in charge of that place to have custody of the offender named in the warrant for the remainder of the detention order to which the warrant relates.
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> > (6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form of any warrants issued for the purposes of this section.
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> **s 82:** Ins 2017 No 57, Sch 2 \[3\]. Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.9\[7\]