Youth Justice Act 2005
37Purpose and application of Part
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37 Purpose and application of Part (1) The purpose of this Part is to provide a means of diverting youths who are believed on reasonable grounds to have committed (2) Except as provided by section 41, this Part does not affect the application in respect of a youth of any law relating to: (a) investigating and collecting evidence of criminal activities and the commission of offences; or (b) questioning, apprehending, detaining, arresting, charging and bailing a suspected offender; or (c) prosecuting a person for an offence.