New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) REGULATION 2005 - REG 24

24 Vulnerable persons

(cf Crimes (Detention after Arrest) Regulation 1998 , cl 5)

(1) A reference in this Division to a vulnerable person is a reference to a person who falls within one or more of the following categories:

(a) children,

(b) persons who have impaired intellectual functioning,

(c) persons who have impaired physical functioning,

(d) persons who are Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders,

(e) persons who are of non-English speaking background,

but does not include a person whom the custody manager reasonably believes is not a person falling within any of those categories.

Note: If a person falls within more than one of the above categories, each provision of this Division relating to any category within which the person falls applies in relation to the person.

(2) Pursuant to section 112 (1) of the Act, the application of Part 9 of the Act to vulnerable persons is modified by this Division.