Victorian Repealed Acts

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Children and Young Persons Act 1989 - SECT 68

Action by protective intervener

68. Action by protective intervener



(1) If a protective intervener is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a child
is in need of protection, he or she may-

   (a)  serve a notice under section 70(1) directing that the child appear, or
        be produced, before the Court for the hearing of a
        protection application; or



   (b)  with or without a warrant, under section 69 take the child into
        safe custody or cause another protective intervener to take the child
        into safe custody pending the hearing of a protection application.

(1A) After considering what procedure (if any) to take under sub-section (1)
in respect of the child, the protective intervener must record in the central
register referred to in section 65(1)(b) such information arising from the
investigation as the Minister determines should be so recorded.

(2) If the procedure set out in sub-section (1)(a) or (b) has been taken in
respect of a child, a protective intervener must as soon as possible make a
protection application to the Court and give a copy of the application 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.