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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 263
Management of detention centres
263 Management of detention centres
(1) Subject to this Act, the chief executive is responsible for the security
and management of detention centres and the safe custody and wellbeing of
children detained in detention centres.
(2) The chief executive may carry out
the responsibilities mentioned in subsection (1) by using any convenient form
of direction, for example, rules, directions, codes, standards and guidelines
relating to— (a) detention centre organisation; or
(b) functions, conduct
and responsibilities of detention centre employees; or
(c) types of programs
for children detained in a detention centre; or
(d) contact between children
detained in the detention centre and members of the public; or
(e)
arrangements for educational, recreational and social activities of children
detained in detention centres.
(3) In relation to each detention centre, the
chief executive is responsible for— (a) providing services that promote the
health and wellbeing of children detained at the centre; and
(b) promoting
the social, cultural and educational development of children detained at the
centre; and
(c) maintaining discipline and good order in the centre; and
(d)
maintaining the security and management of the centre.
(4) The chief
executive must monitor the operation of the detention centres and inspect each
detention centre at least once every 3 months.
(5) Also, as far as reasonably
practicable, the chief executive must ensure principles 3, 16, 20 and 21 of
the youth justice principles are complied with in relation to each child
detained in a detention centre.
(6) Subsection (5) does not limit another
provision of this Act.
(7) Subsection (8) applies in relation to the chief
executive’s consideration of— (a) the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 30
(2) in relation to a child detained in a detention centre on remand; and
(b)
the segregation of the child mentioned in paragraph (a) from a child detained
on sentence.
(8) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the chief executive
does not contravene the Human Rights Act 2019 , section 58 (1) only because
the chief executive’s consideration takes into account— (a) the safety and
wellbeing of the child on remand and other detainees; and
(b) the chief
executive’s responsibilities and obligations under this section.
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