Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) If the relevant person on whom a forensic procedure is to be carried out is a child, incapable person or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, either the relevant person's interview friend or the relevant person's lawyer (if the lawyer is not the interview friend) must be present while the forensic procedure is carried out.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person (other than an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who is a child or an incapable person) expressly and voluntarily waives the person's right to have an interview friend or lawyer present.
(3) Both the interview friend and the lawyer may be present.
(4) An interview friend (other than a lawyer) of a relevant person who is a child, incapable person or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person may be excluded from the place where the forensic procedure is being carried out if the interview friend unreasonably interferes with or obstructs the carrying out of the procedure.