CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 244 Powers of escort officers

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 244

    (1)     An escort officer escorting a young detainee under an interstate leave permit may, to keep custody of the young detainee under the permit or to arrest the young detainee if the young detainee has escaped—

        (a)     give the young detainee any direction that the officer believes on reasonable grounds is necessary and reasonable; and

        (b)     use force in accordance with division 6.6.4 (Use of force).

    (2)     An escort officer escorting a young detainee under an interstate leave permit may conduct a scanning search, frisk search or ordinary search of the young detainee if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the young detainee may be carrying a prohibited thing.

    (3)     The following provisions apply, with any necessary changes and any changes prescribed by regulation, in relation to a search under this section:

        (a)     part 7.2 (Searches generally);

        (b)     part 7.3 (Scanning, frisk and ordinary searches);

        (c)     part 7.9 (Seizing property).