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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 256 Strip searches on admission—directing person to leave

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 256

Strip searches on admission—directing person to leave

    (1)     This section applies if a strip search of a young detainee under section 254 (Strip searches on admission to detention place) is being conducted in the presence of—

        (a)     a person who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the young detainee; or

        (b)     a support person under section 254 (3) or section 255 (2).

    (2)     The director-general may direct the person to leave if the director-general believes on reasonable grounds that the person is preventing or hindering the conduct of the search.