Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 59AA

59AA Police officers may consider alternatives to arrest for contraventions of bail conditions—bail granted for serious indictable offence etc.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a police officer reasonably suspects a child has contravened or is contravening a condition imposed on a grant of bail to the child; and

(b) the contravention is not an offence, other than an offence against the Bail Act 1980 , section 29 ; and

(c) the grant of bail relates to—

(i) a charge of a prescribed indictable offence; or

(ii) a charge of an offence against the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 , section 177 (2) or 178 (2) .

(2) This section also applies if a police officer reasonably suspects a child is likely to contravene a condition imposed on a grant of bail to the child and the grant of bail relates to a charge of an offence mentioned in subsection (1) (c) (i) or (ii) .

(3) Before arresting the child under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 367 (3) (a) (i) in relation to the contravention or likely contravention, a police officer may first consider whether, in all the circumstances, it would be more appropriate to do 1 of the actions mentioned in section 59A (3) (a) to (c) .

(4) For subsection (3) , the circumstances the police officer may consider include the matters mentioned in section 59A (4) (a) to (d) .