YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 50
Dealing with children not brought before Childrens Court in accordance with s 49
YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 50
Dealing with children not brought before Childrens Court in accordance with s 49
50 Dealing with children not brought before Childrens Court in accordance with
s 49
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a child is arrested in connection with a
charge of an offence and delivered into the custody of a police officer at a
place that is a police station, police establishment or watch-house; and
(c)
section 49applies in relation to the child, but the child has not been
brought before the Childrens Court in accordance with that section.
(2) The
police officer for the time being in charge of the place or, if the place is a
watch-house, a prescribed police officer within the meaning of the
Bail Act 1980, section 7, must—
(a) give the child a release notice or a
notice to appear and release the child from custody under section 51; or
(b)
grant bail to the child and release the child from custody under section 52;
or