(1) An authorised officer or police officer may apply to a magistrate for an
order to extend the term of a temporary assessment order for a child.
(2)
This part applies, with all necessary changes, to the application as if it
were an application for a temporary assessment order.
(3) The magistrate may
extend the temporary assessment order only if the magistrate is satisfied the
order has not ended.
(4) The temporary assessment order may be extended until
the end of the next business day after it would have otherwise ended if the
magistrate is satisfied the officer intends to apply for a court assessment
order or the litigation director intends to apply for a child protection order
for the child within the extended term.
(5) Unless subsection (4) applies,
the temporary assessment order may not be extended to a time ending more than
3 business days after the day it was made.
(6) A temporary assessment order
may not be extended more than once under subsection (4) .
