Parents who allow children to carry knives
11D Parents who allow children to carry knives
The parent of a child, being a child—
who is under the age of 18 years, and
who commits an offence against the Crimes Act 1900, section 93IB,
is guilty of an offence if the parent knowingly authorised or permitted the child to commit the offence.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
The parent of a child may be proceeded against and dealt with under this section whether or not the child has been proceeded against or dealt with under the Crimes Act 1900, section 93IB.
Nothing in this section affects the liability of the parent’s child for an offence committed by the child against the Crimes Act 1900, section 93IB.
If an act or omission constitutes an offence—
under this section, and
under section 11 of the Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997,
the offender is not liable to be punished twice in respect of the act or omission.
In this section, parent of a child has the same meaning it has in the Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997.
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