Western Australian Current Acts

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 8G

8G .         Young persons — special requirements about CIRs

        (1)         A CIR cannot be given in respect of an alleged offence (the new offence ) if the alleged offender —

            (a)         is a young person who, before the new offence was allegedly committed, had been convicted of, or given a CIR in respect of, 2 or more minor cannabis related offences; and

            (b)         at least 2 of those offences arose out of separate incidents, or are alleged to have done so.

        (2)         A police officer who gives a young person a CIR is to ensure that a responsible adult is given a copy of the CIR as soon as is reasonably practicable after the CIR is given to the young person, unless —

            (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 a copy of the CIR.

        (3)         A young person who has been given 2 CIRs need only complete a single CIS in respect of the CIRs if both CIRs were given before the completion of the CIS.

        [Section 8G inserted: No. 45 of 2010 s. 6.]