Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 10 OF 2013) - SECT 4

New section 223 (3A)

insert

    (3A)     The director-general must give notice to a treating doctor or a nurse if force is used in relation to a young detainee, unless the force is a planned use of restraint when the detainee is—

        (a)     outside a detention place; and

        (b)     being escorted somewhere else.

Example—planned use of restraint

using handcuffs on a young offender who has been assessed as being at risk of attempting to escape while being escorted to a dental appointment