Northern Territory Numbered Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO 12 OF 2018) - SECT 21

(1)     Regulation 42(2)(d)

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the detainee to be clothed in rip-proof material and

(2)     After regulation 42(2)(d)

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    (da)     if a member of staff considers it necessary to prevent the detainee from inflicting self-harm – the detainee may be clothed in rip-proof material;

(3)     After regulation 42(3)

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    (3A)     If an at-risk detainee is accommodated in an observation room under the Emergency Management Protocol, the detainee has the same rights as the detainee would have if the detainee had been separated under section 155A of the Act.