SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 11D Parents who allow children to carry knives

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1988 - SECT 11D

11D Parents who allow children to carry knives

(1) The parent of a child, being a child--

(a) who is under the age of 18 years, and

(b) who commits an offence against the Crimes Act 1900 , section 93IB,

is guilty of an offence if the parent knowingly authorised or permitted the child to commit the offence.

: Maximum penalty--5 penalty units.

(2) The parent of a child may be proceeded against and dealt with under this section whether or not the child has been proceeded against or dealt with under the Crimes Act 1900 , section 93IB.

(3) Nothing in this section affects the liability of the parent's child for an offence committed by the child against the Crimes Act 1900 , section 93IB.

(4) If an act or omission constitutes an offence--

(a) under this section, and

(b) under section 11 of the Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 ,

the offender is not liable to be punished twice in respect of the act or omission.

(5) In this section,
"parent" of a child has the same meaning it has in the Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 .