Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 282D

282D Deciding application

(1) The chief executive may grant the application if the chief executive is satisfied the applicant may, under section 282A (2) , make the application.

(2) However, the chief executive may refuse the application if the chief executive reasonably believes releasing detainee information to the applicant may endanger—

(a) the security of a detention centre; or

(b) the safe custody or welfare of a child detained in a detention centre; or

(c) the safety or welfare of another person.

Example—

Releasing detainee information to a child who is also detained in a detention centre may endanger the safe custody or welfare of the child sentenced to detention for the offence.

(3) Also, the chief executive may grant an application by a child only if the child’s registration as an eligible person is in the child’s best interests.

(4) If the applicant is a child in care, the chief executive must consult with the chief executive (child safety) before deciding what is in the child’s best interests.

(5) In this section—

"child in care" means a child—

(a) who is in the custody or guardianship of the chief executive (child safety); or

(b) who, under an agreement entered into by the chief executive (child safety) and a parent of the child, has been placed in the care of a person other than a parent of the child.