Queensland Numbered Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 - SECT 42

42 Amendment of s 392 (Parent and chief executive to be advised of arrest or service of notice to appear)

(1) Section 392 , heading, ‘chief executive’—
omit, insert—
particular chief executives

(2) Section 392 (3) (a) , from ‘unless’—
omit, insert—
unless no parent of the child can be contacted after making all reasonable inquiries; and

(3) Section 392 —
insert—

(3A) If no parent of the child can be contacted after making all reasonable inquiries, a police officer must make a record of the inquiries made.

(4) Section 392 (4) , ‘ Subsections (1) and (2) ’—
omit, insert—
Subsections (1), (2) and (4)

(5) Section 392 (6) , definition
"parent" —
omit, insert—

"parent" —

(a) means a parent within the meaning of the Youth Justice Act 1992 , schedule 4; and

(b) includes a person who is apparently a parent of a child.

(6) Section 392 (3A) to (6) —
renumber as section 392 (4) to (7) .