New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 24

24 Persons subject to control may be granted leave, discharged etc

(1) Subject to the regulations the Director-General may, by order in writing:

(a) grant a person subject to control leave to be absent from a detention centre for a purpose specified in subsection (1A),

(b) remove a person subject to control from a detention centre and place the person in the care of such person as may be specified in the order, or

(c) discharge a person subject to control from detention if the Director-General has made arrangements for the person to serve the period of detention by way of periodic detention or made suitable arrangements for the supervision of the person during the period of detention.

(1A) The purposes for which leave may be granted under subsection (1) (a) are as follows:

(a) attending the funeral of a close relative,

(b) visiting a close relative who is seriously ill,

(c) applying for employment or being interviewed in relation to an application for employment,

(d) engaging in employment of a kind specified in the order,

(e) applying for enrolment in a course of education or vocational training or being interviewed in relation to an application for enrolment in such a course,

(f) attending a course of education or vocational training at a place specified in the order,

(g) any other purpose that the Director-General thinks proper, being a purpose which the Director-General considers to be directly associated with the welfare or rehabilitation of the person concerned.

(1B) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:

(a) the circumstances in which an order may be made under this section, and

(b) the conditions to be imposed on such an order, and

(c) any other matter relevant to the making of such an order, including the purposes for which an order may be made.

(2) An order under subsection (1) (b) or (c) may not be made in relation to a person who is a person subject to control pursuant to an order in force under section 10 of this Act or section 19 (1) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 .

(3) An order under subsection (1) (c) may be made in relation to a person even if the person is already the subject of an order under subsection (1) (a) or (b).

(4) An order under subsection (1) may be made subject to such conditions as the Director-General may specify in the order.

(5) Such a condition shall remain in force:

(a) until the person to whom the order relates ceases to be a person subject to control, or

(b) for such shorter period as the Director-General may specify in the order.

(6) The Director-General may, by further order in writing, revoke an order under this section.