CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 210 Safe room segregation directions—privacy

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 210

    (1)     The confining of a young detainee under a safe room segregation direction, and any force used to compel compliance with the direction, must not be done in the presence or sight of another young detainee.

    (2)     However, subsection (1) does not apply if the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     there is an imminent and serious threat to the personal safety of the young detainee or someone else; and

        (b)     compliance with subsection (1) would exacerbate the threat.