New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN (PROTECTION AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) REGULATION 2008 - REG 9

9 Records

(1) A police officer who removes a person from a public place under Part 3 of the Act is to make a record of the following particulars:

(a) if known to the officer, the person’s name and age,

(b) if the person expresses any wishes or feelings in relation to the place to which the person is to be escorted under section 22 of the Act-the wishes or feelings expressed,

(c) the address of the public place from which the person was removed,

(d) the reason why the person was removed from the public place,

(e) if he or she arranges for another police officer to escort the person under section 19 (2) or 22 (1) of the Act-the name of that police officer.

(2) A police officer who removes a person from a public place under Part 3 of the Act or, if another police officer escorts the person in accordance with arrangements made under section 19 (2) or 22 (1) of the Act, the police officer who escorts the person, is to make a record of the following particulars:

(a) if the person is escorted to and left at the residence of a parent or the person’s care residence-the name of the parent and the address of the parent’s residence or the address of the care residence (as the case may require),

(b) if the person is escorted to and left at the residence of a close relative-the name of the relative and the address of the residence,

(c) if the person is left at the residence of a parent or close relative in the care of a person other than the parent or close relative-the name of the person in whose care he or she is left,

(d) if the person is placed in the care of the Director-General of the Department of Community Services-the name of the person with whom the person is placed,

(e) if the person is placed in the care of an approved person-the name and address of that person,

(f) if for any reason the police officer was unable to escort the person to, or leave the person at, a residence of a parent or the person’s care residence or the residence of a close relative (or was unable to arrange for another police officer to do so)-the reason.