New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 18

18 Work to be performed by detainees

(1) The centre manager of a detention centre may require a detainee to carry out any work or activity that:

(a) is reasonable having regard to the detainee’s age and physical and intellectual capacity, and

(b) is not hazardous to the detainee’s health or safety, and

(c) avoids any conflict with the detainee’s religious beliefs or educational or other training programmes, and

(d) meets the requirements of section 4 and section 14 (a) and (b).

(2) A detainee who is ordered to carry out any work or activity elsewhere than at the detention centre in which he or she is detained shall, while outside the detention centre, be deemed to be in lawful custody.