Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 137

In this chapter:

"accredited person", in relation to a young detainee, means each of the following:

        (a)     the director-general if the director-general is a person who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the young detainee;

        (b)     a representative, approved by the director-general, of an entity providing a service or program to the young detainee at a detention place;

        (c)     a lawyer representing the young detainee;

        (d)     an official visitor;

        (e)     the custodial inspector;

        (f)     a commissioner exercising functions under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005

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        (g)     the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner;

        (h)     the ombudsman;

              (i)     a person prescribed by regulation.

"case management plan", for a young detainee, means the young detainee's case management plan maintained under section 188.

"non-treating doctor" means a doctor authorised under section 98 (Health practitioners—non-treating functions).

"prohibited thing" means a thing declared to be a prohibited thing under section 148.

"register of young detainees" means the register kept under section 185.

"security classification", for a young detainee, means the young detainee's security classification under section 190.

"visiting conditions", at a detention place, means conditions declared under section 228 in relation to the place.

"visitor", in relation to a detention place, includes a person wishing to enter the place as a visitor.

"young remandee"—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, dictionary.

"youth detention policy" means a youth detention policy made by the director-general under section 143.