Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 202

    (1)     The director-general may open and search a young detainee's protected mail in the young detainee's presence if the director-general suspects on reasonable grounds that the mail contains—

        (a)     something that may physically harm the addressee; or

        (b)     a prohibited thing.

    (2)     However, the director-general must not read a young detainee's protected mail without the young detainee's written consent.

    (3)     In this section:

"protected mail"—see section 201.

"search"—see section 201.