South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts35—Contacting family members etc
(1) The person being
detained is entitled to contact—
(a) 1 of
his or her family members; and
(b) if
he or she—
(i)
lives with another person and that other person is not a
family member of the person being detained; or
(ii)
lives with other people and those other people are not
family members of the person being detained,
that other person or 1 of those other people; and
(c) if
he or she is employed—his or her employer; and
(d) if
he or she employs people in a business—1 of the people he or she employs
in that business; and
(e) if
he or she engages in a business together with another person or other
people—that other person or 1 of those other people; and
(f) if
the police officer detaining the person agrees to the person contacting
another person—that other person,
by telephone, fax or email but solely for the purposes of letting the person
contacted know that the person being detained is safe but is not able to be
contacted for the time being.
(2) To avoid doubt,
the person being detained is not entitled, under subsection (1), to
disclose—
(a) the
fact that a preventative detention order has been made in relation to the
person; or
(b) the
fact that the person is being detained; or
(c) the
period for which the person is being detained.
(3) In this
section—
"family member" of a person means—
(a) the
person’s spouse, de facto spouse or same sex partner; or
(b) a
parent, step parent or grandparent of the person; or
(c) a
child, step child or grandchild of the person; or
(d) a
brother, sister, step brother or step sister of the person; or
(e) a
guardian or carer of the person.