Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 59F

59F Officers providing help to proper officer of a court

(1) In helping the proper officer of a court under section 59E , a youth justice staff member, corrective services officer or watch-house officer may exercise powers—

(a) prescribed by regulation for this section; and

(b) as if—

(i) the child who is a prisoner of the court or mentioned in section 59H (1) were a detainee; and

(ii) for a corrective services officer or watch-house officer—the officer were a youth justice staff member; and

(c) as otherwise prescribed by regulation.

(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the help the youth justice staff member, corrective services officer or watch-house officer may give to the proper officer of the court to perform the proper officer’s functions.