Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 252C

252C Chief executive’s application on contravention

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a child is on release from detention under a supervised release order; and

(b) the chief executive reasonably believes the child has contravened the order; and

(c) either—

(i) the contravention is believed to have happened after the child has been given a warning, under section 252B , relating to a previous believed contravention of the order; or

(ii) the chief executive is not required to warn the child under section 252B (3) ; and

(d) the child has not been charged with an offence for the act or omission comprising the contravention.

(2) The chief executive, by way of complaint and summons served on the child, may apply to a Childrens Court magistrate for a finding that the child has contravened the order.

(3) A copy of the complaint must be served on a parent of the child, unless a parent can not be found after reasonable inquiry.

(4) In this section—

"parent" , of a child, includes someone who is apparently a parent of the child.