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Crimes Act 1900
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252K Parents etc to be told if young people charged
(1) If a young person is charged with an offence at a police station, the
person who charged the young person must promptly take all
reasonable steps to tell 1 of the following people the relevant
information in relation to the charge (whether or not the person lives
in the ACT):
(a) a parent of the young person;
(b) if no parent of the young person has parental responsibility for
the young person—someone else who has daily care
responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the young
relevant information, for a charge, means—
(a) the terms of the charge; and
(b) where the young person is; and
(c) when the young person will be brought before the Childrens
Court.