Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If force is used under section 73(1), a police officer must—
(a) notify a parent of the child that—
(i) the transport power has been exercised in respect of the child; and
(ii) force has been used on the child for the purpose of one or more of the following—
(A) exercising the transport power;
(B) searching the child;
(C) seizing a thing from the child; and
(b) if the child is reasonably suspected of being injured, or the child or a parent of the child requests it, make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the child is examined by a health practitioner and receives the medical attention and mental health care the child requires.
(2) If a child is examined under subsection (1)(b), a parent of the child must be present unless—
(a) the medical attention or mental health care is urgent; or
(b) it is not reasonably practicable for a parent of the child to be present; or
(c) a police officer has been unable to contact a parent of the child.
(3) If a parent of the child is unable to be present under subsection (2), an independent third party must be present unless—
(a) the medical attention or mental health care is urgent; or
(b) it is not reasonably practicable for an independent third party to be present.
(4) A health practitioner who carries out an examination under subsection (1)(b) must record any clinical observations made during the examination.