Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Before a member of
the Police Force asks a young person who has been apprehended for the
commission of an offence questions about —
(a) that
offence; or
(b) any
other offence that has been, or is suspected to have been committed,
the member of the
Police Force is to ensure that a responsible adult has received notice of the
intention to question the young person.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to questions that the member of the Police
Force is expressly authorised to ask by any other written law.
(3) When a member of
the Police Force charges a young person who has been apprehended for the
commission of an offence with the commission of that or any other offence, if
a responsible adult has not already been given notice of the intention to lay
the charge the member of the Police Force is to ensure that a responsible
adult is given notice of the charge as soon as is reasonably practicable.
(4) The notice is to
be given orally (either personally or by telephone) or in writing (either
personally or by mail sent to the address of the responsible adult), and is to
include particulars as to —
(a) the
whereabouts of the young person;
(b) the
nature of any offence for which the young person was apprehended, about which
the young person is to be questioned, or with which the young person is to be
charged; and
(c)
where applicable, the process by which the matter is to be brought to court
and when and where the court will sit.
(5) The notice is not
required to be given if —
(a)
after reasonable enquiry, neither the whereabouts nor the address of a
responsible adult can be ascertained; or
(b) in
the circumstances it would be inappropriate to give a responsible adult
notice,
but in either case the
chief executive officer is to be advised in writing that the notice was not
given and why it was not given.