New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 28E

28E Consideration of suitability for detention centre

(1) In considering (for the purposes of section 28A, 28B, 28BA or 28D) whether a person is suitable for detention in a detention centre, a court must take into account the following:

(a) the nature of any offence which the person has committed or is charged with having committed,

(b) the likelihood of danger to the community should the person escape from a detention centre,

(c) the likelihood of danger to staff or detainees if the person is detained at the detention centre concerned,

(d) whether any previous behaviour of the person indicates that he or she is likely to create a serious management problem in a detention centre,

(e) whether suitable accommodation is available for the person in a correctional centre.

(2) This section is not intended to prevent a court from taking into account other matters in considering the matter.