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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 72A

Definitions

In this Division

"child resident "means a child who has been placed in a secure welfare service under this Act;

"frisk search" means a search of a person or of things in the possession or under the control of a person, other than a search conducted by use of an electronic or mechanical device, including—

        (a)     a search of a person conducted by quickly running the hands over the person's outer clothing; and

        (b)     for the purposes of paragraph (a), requiring the person to remove—

              (i)     his or her overcoat, coat or jacket or similar article of clothing and any gloves, shoes and hat; and

              (ii)     anything else that is conveniently removed by the person;

"screening search" means a search of a person or of things in the possession or under the control of a person to detect the presence of unauthorised items, other than a search that may involve bodily contact, including—

        (a)     a search of a person conducted by passing or placing an electronic or mechanical device over, on or in close proximity to the person's outer clothing; and

        (b)     an examination (including an examination conducted by passing or placing an electronic or mechanical device over, on or in close proximity) of anything worn or carried by the person, including requiring the person to remove—

              (i)     his or her overcoat, coat or jacket or similar article of clothing and any gloves, shoes and hat; and

              (ii)     anything else that is conveniently removed by the person;

"seclusion", in relation to a child resident, means the placing of the child in a locked room separate from others and from the normal routine of the secure welfare service;

"seizure register" means the register maintained under section 72I;

"staff member", in relation to a secure welfare service, means a person who is employed or directly engaged in the care of the child residents of the secure welfare service;

unauthorised item means any article or thing that may jeopardise the security of the secure welfare service or the safety of persons in the secure welfare service, including an article or thing referred to in section 72F(2)(a);

"unclothed search" means a search of a person or of things in the possession or under the control of a person that may include—

        (a)     requiring the person to remove all of his or her clothes; and

        (b)     an examination of the person's body (but not of the person's body cavities) and of those clothes;

"visitor "means any person, other than a child resident or staff member, who enters, leaves or remains in a secure welfare service.

S. 72B inserted by No. 29/2014 s. 7.



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