Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:15yac
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15YAC
Character Range: 749802–750430

15YAC  Child complainants
 (1) A child complainant, in relation to a child proceeding:
 (a) is a child who is, or is alleged to be, a victim of an offence, of a kind referred to in subsection 15Y(1), to which the proceeding relates (whether or not the child is involved in the proceeding or was involved in the initiation of the proceeding); and
 (b) includes a person who was such a child at the time the offence concerned was alleged to have been committed.
 (2) However, a person who is 18 or over is not a child complainant if the person informs the court that the person does not wish to be treated as such a complainant.