Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 72E

    (1)     In the case of a frisk search or an unclothed search, the Secretary must ensure that the search is conducted only by a staff member of the same sex as the child resident being searched.

    (2)     In the case of an unclothed search, the Secretary must ensure that the search is conducted in the presence of another staff member.

    (3)     The other staff member referred to in subsection (2)—

        (a)     must be positioned in such a way that the child resident being searched is not in the view of that other staff member; and

        (b)     must be of the same sex as the child resident being searched, unless—

              (i)     the search is, in the opinion of the Secretary, urgently required; and

              (ii)     a staff member of the same sex is not available.

S. 72F inserted by No. 29/2014 s. 7.