South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) On receiving a
copy of an order for home detention, the Chief Executive must assign the youth
to a home detention officer and may from time to time re-assign the youth to
another home detention officer.
(2) A home detention
officer to whom a youth is assigned—
(a) may
give reasonable written directions to the youth—
(i)
requiring the youth to take up, or not to give up, some
particular course of education, training or instruction; or
(ii)
requiring the youth to take up, or not to give up, some
particular employment; or
(iii)
requiring the youth to attend some particular counselling
course; and
(b) may
give the youth other written directions of a kind authorised by the Minister
either generally or in relation to the particular youth.
(3) Any home detention
officer may at any time—
(a)
enter or telephone the residence of a youth serving a sentence of home
detention; or
(b)
telephone the youth's place of employment or any other place at which the
youth is required or permitted to attend; or
(c)
question any person at that residence or place,
for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not the youth is complying with
the conditions to which his or her home detention is subject.
(4) A person must
not—
(a)
hinder a home detention officer in the exercise of powers under this section;
or
(b) fail
to answer truthfully a question put to the person by a home detention officer
pursuant to those powers.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.