CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 685 Safe custody warrant—application

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 685

    (1)     The director-general or a police officer may apply to a magistrate for a safe custody warrant if the director-general or police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the criteria for issuing the safe custody warrant are satisfied.

    (2)     The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.

    (3)     The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the director-general or police officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

Note 1     Statements, documents and reports must be included in the application (see  s 696).

Note 2     Oral applications may also be made (see  s 698).