authorised police officer means a police officer who has been authorised by the Commissioner of Police to administer formal cautions against further offending;
(a) has had a close association with the youth or has been counselling, advising or aiding the youth; and
(b) has not been charged with the offence in respect of which the youth has been taken into custody or is not suspected, by a police officer on reasonable grounds, of being directly or indirectly involved in the commission of that offence; and
offence means any offence other than a prescribed offence;
offence-affected property includes –
(a) property in respect of which an offence was committed; or
(b) property affected in the course of, or in connection with, the commission of an offence;
[Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2007, s. 4, Applied:13 Dec 2007]police investigation means the questioning by police officers of a detainee, or the carrying out by police officers of an investigation in which a detainee participates, in order to determine the detainee's involvement, if any, in relation to an offence;
(a) in respect of a youth who is less than 14 years old –
(i) an offence under section 158 of the Criminal Code (murder); and
(ii) an offence under section 159 of the Criminal Code (manslaughter); and
(iii) an offence under section 299 of the Criminal Code in relation to an offence referred to in section 158 of the Criminal Code (attempted murder); and
(iv) an offence which is prescribed by the regulations to be a prescribed offence for the purposes of this subparagraph; and
(b) in respect of a youth who is 14, 15 or 16 years old –
(iv) an offence under section 240(3) of the Criminal Code (armed robbery); and
(v) an offence under section 240(4) of the Criminal Code (aggravated armed robbery); and
(vi) an offence under section 248(a) of the Criminal Code (being found prepared for the commission of a crime under Chapter XXVII of the Criminal Code armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument); and
(iii) an offence which is prescribed by the regulations to be a prescribed offence for the purposes of this subparagraph;
prescription medicine means a medicine the issue of which is prohibited except in accordance with the prescription of a medical practitioner;
previous offending history includes –
(a) any offence in respect of which a youth has received a formal caution; and
(b) any offence in respect of which a youth has attended a community conference; and
(c) any offence, and any prescribed offence, in respect of which a youth has been found guilty, whether or not the charge for the offence or prescribed offence has been dismissed or a conviction recorded;
(a) is a nominated adult in relation to the youth; or
(b) if there is no nominated adult in relation to the youth, a justice of the peace or a person, or a member of a class of persons, approved by the Secretary;
restitution order means an order under section 47(2)(b) requiring a person to perform one or more of the actions specified in section 95(1) ;
sending State means the State from which a youth is transferred;
serve includes cause to be served;
State includes a Territory;
statutory authority means an incorporated or unincorporated body which is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or another statutory authority;
supervised release order means an order made by the Secretary under section 110 ;
transfer agreement means an agreement between the Minister and a Minister of another State under section 148 ;
transfer arrangement means an arrangement made under section 149 for the transfer of a youth from Tasmania to another State or to Tasmania from another State;
transfer order means an order made under section 153 ;
undertaking to be of good behaviour means an undertaking entered into, or to be entered into, by a youth under section 47(1)(c) ;
victim, in the case of a victim that is a corporation, Government department, statutory authority or other organisation, includes a representative of that corporation, Government department, statutory authority or other organisation;
youth means a person who is 10 or more years old but less than 18 years old at the time when the offence the person has committed, or is suspected of having committed, occurred;