(1) Unless permission to be absent or excluded from the assessment is granted under section 24(3), the parent or an appropriate adult shall attend the assessment of the child.
(2) A child shall be present at his or her assessment.
(3) The following persons may attend the assessment of a child —
(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) the attorney-at-law representing the child;
(c) the police officer who apprehended the child, issued the summons or notice or any other police officer designated by the Commissioner of Police; and
(d) a person whose presence the probation officer believes is necessary or desirable for the assessment or whom the probation officer believes should attend in the best interest of the child.
(4) A probation officer may in the prescribed manner, request a police officer to —
(a) locate the parent or an appropriate adult; and
(b) provide transport to secure the attendance of the child, and his or her parent or appropriate adult at the assessment.
(5) A probation officer shall make an effort to locate a parent or an appropriate adult for the purposes of concluding the assessment of a child.
(6) If reasonable efforts to locate a parent or an appropriate adult have failed, the probation officer shall conclude the assessment in the absence of the parent or appropriate adult and the probation officer shall record his or her efforts to locate the parent or appropriate adult.