Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where loss is
suffered by the Authority as a result of any damage to, or destruction of, any
property owned by or under the control and management of the Authority by the
intentional or negligent act or omission of a child, the Authority may recover
the amount of that loss from a responsible adult by action in a court of
competent jurisdiction unless the responsible adult shows that he or she did
not contribute to the act or omission of the child by neglecting to exercise
due care and control of the child.
(2)
Subsection (1) is in addition to section 58 of the Young Offenders
Act 1994 .
(3) In
subsection (1) —
child means a person who has not reached the age
of 18 years;
responsible adult , in relation to a child, has
the same meaning as it has in section 58 of the Young Offenders
Act 1994 in relation to a young person within the meaning of that Act.