(1) If a child and an adult are alleged to have committed the same offence, the child and adult are to be tried separately unless it is in the interest of justice to join the trials.
(2) An application for the joinder of the trials must be made to the Court.
(3) If the Court grants an application for joinder of trials, the matter must be transferred to the Court in which the adult is being tried and the child must appear after notice is given to the child in the prescribed manner.
(4) The Court in which the adult is being tried, shall give the child the benefits conferred on the child under this Act.