18Eligible parents

18 Eligible parents (1) A parent of a child victim of an offence (no matter how old the child victim is) is eligible for restorative justice in relation to the offence if— (a) this Act applies to the offence and the offender under part 4; and (b) the child victim is incapable of adequately understanding or responding to the experience of the offence, or has died. (2) For this Act, a parent of a child victim of an offence is an eligible parent in relation to the offence if the parent is eligible for restorative justice under this section.