Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 104

    (1)     This section applies if, under a law in force in the Territory (other than part 5.2 (Interstate transfers)), a young detainee required to be held in the director-general's custody is to be escorted anywhere by an escort officer.

    (2)     To remove any doubt—

        (a)     the escort officer is authorised to have custody of the young detainee for the purpose of escorting the young detainee; and

        (b)     the young detainee is also taken to be in the director-general's custody; and

        (c)     an escort officer may, for the purpose of escorting the young detainee, exercise any function under this Act that the officer may exercise in relation to a young detainee admitted at a detention place.

Examples—functions—par (c)

1     functions delegated to the officer by the director-general (for example, giving directions to young detainees)

2     youth detention officer's functions under ch 7 (Criminal matters—search and seizure at detention places), including any use of force in accordance with div 6.6.4