Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 281

    (1)     The director-general may seize—

        (a)     a prohibited thing found on a person or in a person's custody or possession, unless the person has the written approval of the director-general to possess the thing; or

        (b)     anything found at a detention place, whether or not in a person's custody or possession, that the director-general suspects on reasonable grounds—

              (i)     is being used, or is intended, for the commission of an offence or a behaviour breach; or

              (ii)     jeopardises, or is likely to jeopardise, security or good order at a detention place or the safety of anyone at a detention place or elsewhere.

    (2)     To remove any doubt, this section extends to anything found in a search under this chapter.

    (3)     The director-general may seize a document under this section only if the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that the document is not privileged.