Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If a child is remanded in custody by a court or a bail justice, the child must be placed in a remand centre except as otherwise provided by the regulations with respect to prescribed regions of the State.
S. 347(1A) inserted by No. 3/2018 s. 25(3).
(1A) A child to whom bail may only be granted by a court and who is detained in police custody pending being brought before the Court must be placed in a remand centre except as otherwise provided by the regulations.
(2) If any children are remanded in custody in a police gaol under this section, they—
(a) are entitled to be kept separate from adults who are detained there;
(b) are entitled to be kept separate according to their sex;
(c) subject to the Corrections Act 1986 and the regulations made under that Act, are entitled to receive visits from parents, relatives, legal practitioners, persons acting on behalf of legal practitioners and other persons;
(d) are entitled to have reasonable efforts made to meet their medical, religious and cultural needs including, in the case of Aboriginal children, their needs as members of the Aboriginal community;
(e) are entitled to complain to the Chief Commissioner of Police or the Ombudsman about the standard of care, accommodation or treatment which they are receiving in the police gaol;
(f) are entitled to be advised of their entitlements under this subsection.
(3) It is the responsibility of the Chief Commissioner of Police to make sure that subsection (2) is complied with.
S. 347A inserted by No. 45/2017 s. 59.