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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 11B

11B .         Powers and duties of custodial officers

                A custodial officer —

            (a)         has a responsibility to maintain the security of the facility or detention centre where he or she is employed; and

            (b)         is liable to answer for the escape of a detainee placed in his or her charge or for whom when on duty he or she has a responsibility; and

            (c)         must obey all lawful orders given to him or her by the officer under whose control or supervision he or she is placed; and

            (d)         may issue to a detainee such orders as are necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the security, good order, or management of a facility or detention centre, and may use such force as is prescribed under section 11C as is necessary to ensure that lawful orders given to a detainee are complied with.

        [Section 11B inserted: No. 58 of 2004 s. 7; amended: No. 29 of 2014 s. 15.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 29 of 2014 s. 16.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 29 of 2014 s. 16.]



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