(1) Subject to section 14, a police officer shall release a child who is in detention in police custody into the care of the parent or an appropriate adult, before the child appears at the initial inquiry unless —
(a) exceptional circumstances, as may be prescribed, warrant detention;
(b) the parent of the child or an appropriate adult cannot be located or is not available and all reasonable efforts have been made to locate the parent or appropriate adult; or
(c) there is a substantial risk that the child may be a danger to any other person or to himself or herself.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a police officer may, in consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions, release into the care of a parent or an appropriate adult a child who —
(a) is accused of an offence under Schedule 1 but has not been released under subsection (1); or
(b) is in detention in police custody and who is accused of an offence under Schedule 2.
(3) A child may be released under subsection (2) on condition that he or she —
(a) appears at a specified place and time for assessment;
(b) does not interfere with a witness, tamper with evidence or associate with a person or group of specified people;
(c) resides at a particular address; and
(d) complies with terms that the Court or Director of Prosecutions' orders.