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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Notification of parents and other persons where child or young person being questioned or is arrested

232: Notice of offence with which child or young person charged to be given to parents or guardians or other persons having care of child or young person

You could also call this:

"Police must tell you and your parents or caregivers what you are charged with when you get in trouble with the law."

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If you are a child or young person and you get arrested and charged with doing something wrong, the police will tell you what you are charged with. They will also tell your parents or guardians, or the people who take care of you, what you are charged with. The police will tell the person you choose to help you too, the one you picked according to the rules in section 231. The police will make sure they explain it in a way that everyone can understand. They can tell you in person or in writing, and they will do it as soon as they can.

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Part 4Youth justice
Notification of parents and other persons where child or young person being questioned or is arrested

232Notice of offence with which child or young person charged to be given to parents or guardians or other persons having care of child or young person

  1. Where a child or young person who has been arrested is charged with the commission of an offence, an enforcement officer shall, as soon as practicable, give oral or written notice specifying the nature of the charge to—

  2. the child or young person; and
    1. a parent or guardian or other person having the care of the child or young person; and
      1. the person nominated by the child or young person pursuant to section 231.

        1. Every such notice shall be given in language that can be understood by all the persons who are required, by subsection (1), to be given that notice.