Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 267

267 Child must be given information on entry to detention centre

(1) The chief executive must ensure that, as soon as practicable after a child is admitted to a detention centre, the child is given a document containing the following information—

(a) the rules governing the facility;

(b) the child’s rights and responsibilities under the youth justice principles;

(c) how, and to whom, the child may make a complaint about a matter relating to the detention;

(d) how the child can access legal services during the detention;

(e) the obligation on a detention centre employee under section 268 to report any harm the child suffers during the detention;

(f) any other information the chief executive considers appropriate.

(2) The chief executive must also ensure the information in the document is orally explained to the child in a way, and to an extent, that is reasonable, having regard to the child’s age and ability to understand.