Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 (NO. 19 OF 2008) - SECT 592

    (1)     This section applies if a transgender or intersex child or young person is to be searched under this division.

    (2)     For a child or young person who fails to make a choice under section 573 (2) (a) (Transgender and intersex children and young people—sexual identity)—

        (a)     if the child or young person requires that a male conduct the search, the child or young person is taken, for this part, to be male; and

        (b)     if the child or young person requires that a female conduct the search, the child or young person is taken, for this part, to be female.

Note 1     For the Act generally, the sex of a child or young person is taken to be the child's or young person's sex entered in the therapeutic protection register under s 573 (7).

Note 2     For the meaning of intersex person and transgender person , see the Legislation Act, s 169A and s 169B.