Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) While an emergency is declared under section 149 in relation to a detention place, the director-general may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) restrict any activity at the place;
(b) restrict access in, or to or from, the place or any part of the place;
(c) restrict communications between a young detainee and anyone else;
(d) authorise a police officer or public servant to exercise any function exercisable by a youth detention officer under the criminal matters chapters in accordance with any direction by the director-general.
(2) The director-general must ensure that action taken under this section is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.
Note Section 141 (Detention places—minimum living conditions) continues to apply during an emergency (see s 141 (1)).