(1) A protective intervener must on taking a child into safe custody under section 241 give to—
(a) the child's parents, unless they cannot be found after reasonable inquiries; and
(b) the child, if he or she is of or above the age of 12 years—
a written statement containing the prescribed information relating to the taking of children into safe custody under that section.
(2) Subject to sub-section (4), a child taken into safe custody under section 241 must be brought before the Court for the hearing of an application for an interim accommodation order as soon as practicable and, in any event, within one working day after the child was taken into safe custody.
(3) Unless a child is brought before the Court under sub-section (2) within 24 hours after the child was taken into safe custody, he or she must, subject to sub-section (4), be brought before a bail justice as soon as possible within that period of 24 hours for the hearing of an application for an interim accommodation order.
(4) A child of tender years need not be brought before the Court under sub-section (2) or a bail justice under sub-section (3) unless the Court or bail justice otherwise orders but the Court or bail justice may deal with the application in the absence of the child.
(5) Until a child taken into safe custody under section 241 is brought before the Court or a bail justice for the making of an interim accommodation order, the child may only be placed—
(a) in an out of home care service; or
(b) if there is a substantial and immediate risk of harm to the child, in a secure welfare service; or
(c) in other accommodation approved by the Secretary in accordance with the prescribed criteria (if any).