(1) A police officer who releases a child from detention in police custody under section 13 or who releases a child on the direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions under section 14, and places the child in the care of a parent or an appropriate adult, shall —
(a) at the time of release of the child, complete and hand to the child and to the parent or appropriate adult, a written notice in the prescribed form on which must be entered the offence in respect of which the child is being accused, conditions relating to the release of the child and the place, date and time at which the child must appear for the initial inquiry;
(b) direct the parent or appropriate adult to bring the child or cause the child to be brought to appear at the initial inquiry at a specified place, date and time and to remain in attendance and, if a condition under paragraph (a) is imposed, to ensure that the child complies with the condition; and
(c) direct the child to appear at the initial inquiry at a specified place, date and time and to remain in attendance and, if a condition under paragraph (a) is imposed, to comply with the condition.
(2) A parent or appropriate adult who fails to comply with a notice or a direction issued under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.