CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 42 Functions of official visitor

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 42

(1)     The official visitor must—

        (a)     visit and inspect shelters and institutions; and

        (b)     visit children and young people receiving therapeutic protection, if practicable, at least once each week; and

        (c)     hear a complaint, or referral of a complaint, made by a child or young person in a shelter or institution or who is receiving therapeutic protection at a place, or by anyone else, about—

              (i)     the child's or young person's care, detention or treatment; or

              (ii)     the way in which the shelter, institution or place providing therapeutic protection is conducted; and

        (d)     except as provided by section 44 (No requirement to investigate complaint) investigate each complaint and prepare a report about it (which may contain recommendations); and

        (e)     provide a copy of the report to the chief executive and the community advocate.

(2)     The official visitor may also provide a copy of the report, or part of it, to—

        (a)     the Minister; and

        (b)     the complainant.

(3)     Before providing a copy of the report or part to the complainant, the official visitor may make minor alterations that the official visitor considers appropriate to protect the privacy and confidentiality of a person mentioned in the report.

(4)     In addition to a report under subsection (1), the official visitor may, on his or her own initiative, provide a report (that may include a recommendation) to the Minister or chief executive, or both.