9Records—the Act, s 46(2)(c)

9 Records—the Act, s 46(2)(c)

9 Records—the Act, s 46(2)(c)

(1) A police officer who removes a person from a public place under the Act, Part 3, Division 2 must make a record of the following particulars—

(a) if known to the officer—the person’s name and age,

(b) if the person expresses wishes or feelings in relation to the place to which the person is to be escorted under the Act, section 22—the wishes or feelings expressed,

(c) the address of the public place from which the person was removed,

(d) the reason the person was removed from the public place,

(e) if the officer arranges for another police officer to escort the person under the Act, section 19(2) or 22(1) or (3)—the name of the other police officer.

(2) A police officer who escorts a person (the escorted person) in accordance with the Act, section 22 must make a record of the following particulars—

(a) if the escorted person is left at the residence of the escorted person’s parent—the relevant information of the escorted person’s parent,

(b) if the escorted person is left at the escorted person’s care residence—the relevant information of the escorted person’s carer,

(c) if the escorted person is left at the residence of the escorted person’s close relative—

(i) the relevant information of the escorted person’s close relative, and

(ii) the relationship of the close relative to the escorted person,

(d) if the escorted person is left at the residence of the escorted person’s parent or close relative in the care of a person other than the parent or close relative—the relevant information of the person in whose care the escorted person is left,

(e) if the escorted person is placed in the care of the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice—the relevant information of the person in whose care the escorted person is left,

(f) if the escorted person is placed in the care of an approved person—the relevant information of the approved person.

(3) If a police officer escorts a person in accordance with the Act, section 22 and subsection (2)(a)–(d) does not apply, the police officer must make a record of the reason the person was not escorted to the locations or left with persons referred to in subsection (2).