Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 188

    (1)     The director-general—

        (a)     must maintain an individual case management plan for each young detainee other than a young remandee; and

        (b)     may maintain an individual case management plan for a young detainee who is a young remandee.

    (2)     In deciding whether to maintain a case management plan for a young remandee, the director-general—

        (a)     must consider the following:

              (i)     the period of remand;

              (ii)     the young remandee's age and development;

              (iii)     the young remandee's educational needs;

              (iv)     any special needs of the young remandee; and

        (b)     may consider any other relevant matter.

    (3)     A case management plan for a young detainee must—

        (a)     outline education and training and activities for the young detainee; and

        (b)     be based on an assessment of the needs, capacities and disposition of the young detainee; and

        (c)     be consistent with the resources available to the director-general to manage the young detainee; and

        (d)     include provision to ensure that adequate plans are made for the young detainee's return to community life at the end of the detention, taking into account the young detainee's needs.