New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 17

17 Private property

(1) Subject to the regulations, the centre manager of a detention centre may require a detainee:

(a) to surrender to the centre manager, or

(b) to send away from the detention centre,

any or all property that is in the possession of the detainee.

(2) Subject to the regulations, any property surrendered to the centre manager of a detention centre shall be retained by the centre manager:

(a) until the detainee is discharged from the detention centre, in which case it shall be returned to the detainee immediately before the detainee is discharged from the detention centre, or

(b) until the detainee is transferred to another detention centre or to a correctional centre, in which case it shall be sent to the centre manager of the other detention centre or the governor of the correctional centre, as the case requires.

(3) A record shall be kept of all property surrendered to the centre manager of the detention centre and all property sent away from the detention centre under this section.