Canberra are likely to start their NRL season without summer pick-up Curtis Scott as he awaits the league’s decision on whether to stand him down from the game.

Scott is understood to have until close of business on Monday to hand the NRL integrity unit police bodycam footage from his Australia Day arrest.

Scott is defending six charges, including two counts of assaulting police.

NRL boss Todd Greenberg can use his discretionary powers under the game’s no-fault stand down policy to force Scott to sit out until his court case is finalised.

Should Scott be unable to deliver the bodycam footage to the integrity unit, Greenberg may have no choice but to sideline the former Melbourne centre.

Greenberg said last week Scott is facing “extremely serious allegations”.

Scott’s lawyer Danny Eid said police were seeking legal advice to decide whether to release the footage to a third party.

However Eid was resigned to being unable to provide the footage on Monday.

“I have told the NRL by phone, ‘We want you to view it. I would love you to come to my office and sit down with me and view it,” Eid told News Corp Australia.

“But I can’t. So what can I do? What can Curtis do? You want him to breach legislation? It is just crazy. It is not fair.”

Scott’s case returns to court on March 20, meaning should the 22-year-old be stood down by the game, he will miss at least their season-opener.

His potential absence would force coach Ricky Stuart to deploy veteran Michael Oldfield in the centres or shift Nick Cotric in from the wing.

Scott’s off-field troubles came in the same week the club released long-time centre Joey Leilua to the Wests Tigers.