Children (Detention Centres) Amendment (Search Powers) Regulation 2013 (NSW)

New South Wales

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment

(Search Powers) Regulation 2013

under the

Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987.

GREG SMITH, MP Minister for Justice

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2010 to authorise the centre manager of a detention centre to require a juvenile justice officer to allow an inspection and search of personal items of the officer while at the detention centre, and an inspection and search of a room, locker or vehicle under the officer’s control at the centre.

This Regulation is made under the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987, including section 45 (the general regulation-making power).

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment (Search Powers) Regulation 2013 [NSW]

Children (Detention Centres) Amendment (Search Powers)

Regulation 2013

under the

Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Children (Detention Centres) Amendment (Search Powers)
Regulation 2013.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2010

Clause 140A

Insert after clause 140:

140A Juvenile justice officers may be searched

The centre manager of a detention centre may require a juvenile justice officer who is on the premises of the centre:

(a)

to submit to any of the following:

(i)	an inspection and search of the officer’s personal possessions,
(ii)	scanning by an electronic scanning device,

(iii) being sniffed by a dog, and

(b)

to empty the pockets of the officer’s clothing, and

(c)

to make available for inspection and search any room, locker or vehicle under the officer’s control at the centre.