Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 226

    (1)     The use of force under this division includes the use of restraint.

    (2)     The director-general must ensure, as far as practicable, that the use of force involving a restraint is proportionate to the circumstances, and in particular that—

        (a)     the circumstances are sufficiently serious to justify the use; and

        (b)     the kind of restraint is appropriate in the circumstances; and

        (c)     the restraint is used appropriately in the circumstances.

    (3)     The director-general must also ensure that restraints are only used under this division—

        (a)     by youth detention officers trained to use them; and

        (b)     in accordance with a youth detention policy or operating procedure that applies to their use.

    (4)     In applying force under this division, a youth detention officer may use a restraint, including any of the following:

        (a)     body contact;

        (b)     handcuffs, restraint jackets and other restraining devices;

        (c)     anything else prescribed by regulation.