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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 277 Searches of young detainee cells—suspected privileged material

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 277

Searches of young detainee cells—suspected privileged material

    (1)     If a youth detention officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a young detainee's cell contains privileged material, the youth detention officer may search the cell only if the young detainee is present.

    (2)     A search under subsection (1) may include an examination of any privileged material, and anything containing the material, found in the cell.

    (3)     However, the youth detention officer must not read any privileged material found in the cell.

    (4)     The youth detention officer need not comply with subsection (1) or (3) if the youth detention officer believes on reasonable grounds that urgent circumstances exist and that compliance with the subsection would create a risk of injury to the youth detention officer, the young detainee or someone else.