Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 103

    (1)     A request that may be made by a suspect, serious offender or volunteer under this Act may be made, for the person, by—

        (a)     the person's lawyer; or

        (b)     if the person is a child, incapable person or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—the person's interview friend.

Note      The interview friend may be a lawyer (see s 16).

    (2)     Subsection (3) applies if—

        (a)     this Act requires a suspect, serious offender or volunteer to be informed about a matter; and

        (b)     the person's interview friend or lawyer is present when the person is informed about the matter; and

        (c)     the person is informed in a language (including sign language or braille) in which the person's interview friend or lawyer cannot communicate with reasonable fluency.

    (3)     The person's interview friend or lawyer must also be informed about the matter in a language in which the interview friend or lawyer can communicate with reasonable fluency.