QLD Children under 12 left alone

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Blue Grass

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6 August 2014
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There has been a lot of info recently about children under 12 not being allowed to walk or ride a bike to school on their own.

Any one know if this law applies to leaving a child/children under 12 at a bus stop to wait alone for the school bus ? There are older students waiting as well but they are not related to the younger children.

Thanks for any advise.
 

Rod

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The law is not clear cut. QLDs criminal code can make it an offence but depends on unreasonable amount of time and varies depending on the circumstances. It was designed for cases of neglect but like many laws is open to abuse by the authorities.