Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 16

    (1)     This section applies to a suspect, serious offender or volunteer who is—

        (a)     a child; or

        (b)     an incapable person; or

        (c)     an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

    (2)     An "interview friend" of the person is—

        (a)     a parent or guardian or other person chosen by, or acceptable to, the person; or

        (b)     a lawyer of the person; or

        (c)     if the person is an incapable person—a close associate of the person; or

        (d)     if no-one mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) is available—a person chosen by an authorised applicant for a forensic order in relation to the person who is not—

              (i)     a police officer; or

              (ii)     in any way involved in the investigation of the offence concerned.

    (3)     If the person has a lawyer, the person may also have an interview friend who is not the lawyer.