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CurrentCaution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community
17 Caution administered by respected person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community
(1)
If a caution is to be administered to a child who is a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, an authorised officer mentioned in section 16—
(a)
must consider whether there is a respected person of the community who is available and willing to administer the caution; and
(b)
if a respected person of the community is available and willing to administer the caution—must request the person to administer the caution.
(2)
In a proceeding, evidence that a person purported to administer a caution under subsection (1) as a respected person mentioned in the subsection is evidence that the person was a respected person.
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