Juvenile Justice Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1997 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1997 No. 97 Juvenile Justice Act 1992 JUVENILE JUSTICE AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 1997 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Replacement of s 4 (Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Provision of approved forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 9 (Medical examination of child before admission) . . . . 3 7 Amendment of s 10 (Record must be made on admission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Amendment of s 11 (Child must be informed of rights and responsibilities on admission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Amendment of s 12 (Child’s property on admission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Amendment of s 13 (Child to obey lawful instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 Amendment of s 14 (Management of misbehaviour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 12 Replacement of pt 3, s 15 and div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 15 Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Division 4—Separation 16 Separation of child in a locked room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 Amendment of s 17 (Searches not involving the removal of clothes) . . . . 7 14 Amendment of s 18 (Searches involving removal of clothes) . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15 Amendment of s 19 (Body search) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 16 Amendment of s 20 (Register of searches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 17 Amendment of s 21 (Articles found during search) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 18 Amendment of s 22 (Telephone calls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 19 Amendment of s 23 (Correspondence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 20 Amendment of s 24 (Property brought into a detention centre) . . . . . . . . . . 9 21 Replacement of pt 3, div 7 heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 22 Amendment of s 25 (Child’s right to medical treatment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 23 Amendment of s 26 (Reports of medical examination or treatment) . . . . . 10 24 Amendment of s 27 (Death of child in centre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 25 Amendment of s 28 (Religious services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 26 Amendment of s 29 (Visitors book) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 27 Amendment of s 30 (Authorised disclosure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 28 Omission of pt 5 (Transitional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 29 Amendment of schedule (Detention centres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

s1 3 s6 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Juvenile Justice Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 1997 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Juvenile Justice Regulation 1993 . ˙ Commencement 3. This regulation commences on 12 May 1997. ˙ Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 4. Section 3— insert— ‘ “security” includes safety.’. ˙ Replacement of s 4 (Forms) 5. Section 4— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Provision of approved forms ‘ 4.(1) A person may ask a person who has approved an approved form (the “approver” ) to provide a copy of the form. ‘ (2) The approver must immediately comply with the request.’. ˙ Amendment of s 9 (Medical examination of child before admission) 6. Section 9, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’.

s 7 4 s 11 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ˙ Amendment of s 10 (Record must be made on admission) 7.(1) Section 10, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 10— insert— ‘ (4) As soon as practicable after a child’s admission to a detention centre, the commission must give to the chief executive the information recorded under subsection (1).’. ˙ Amendment of s 11 (Child must be informed of rights and responsibilities on admission) 8. Section 11, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 12 (Child’s property on admission) 9. Section 12, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 13 (Child to obey lawful instructions) 10. Section 13(2), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 14 (Management of misbehaviour) 11.(1) Section 14(1) to (3), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert—

s 12 5 s 12 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ‘commission’. (2) Section 14(3)(g)— omit. (3) Section 14(4), ‘the chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘an officer of the commission’. ˙ Replacement of pt 3, s 15 and div 4 12.(1) Part 3, section 15 and division 4— omit, insert— ˙ ‘ Restraints ‘ 15.(1) The commission may approve types of restraints an officer of the commission or the department may use to restrain a child in the commission’s custody. ‘ (2) The restraints may only be used if— (a) the child is outside a detention centre, or about to leave a detention centre, under escort by an officer of the commission or the department; or (b) the commission considers, on reasonable grounds, that— (i) it is reasonably likely that the child will attempt to escape; or (ii) the child could seriously harm himself, herself or someone else; or (iii) the child could seriously disrupt order and security at the centre. ‘ (3) The commission must keep a register and record in it the following particulars about the use of restraints— (a) the name of the child; (b) the day on which the restraints were used; (c) the circumstances in which the restraints were used.

s 12 6 s 12 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ‘ Division 4—Separation ˙ ‘ Separation of child in a locked room ‘ 16.(1) An officer of the commission may, and may only, separate a child in a locked room ( “separation” )— (a) if the child is ill; or (b) at the child’s request; or (c) for routine security purposes under guidelines issued by the commission; or (d) for the child’s protection or the protection of other persons or property; or (e) for the purpose of restoring order in the detention centre. ‘ (2) An officer of the commission must not separate a child for a purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (e) (a “prescribed purpose” )— (a) if the separation is for more than 2 hours—without the detention centre manager’s approval; or (b) if the separation is for more than 12 hours—without informing the commission; or (c) if the separation is for more than 24 hours—without the commission’s approval. ‘ (3) However, an officer of the commission must not separate a child overnight for a prescribed purpose for more than 2 hours longer than the centre’s normal hours of overnight confinement. ‘ (4) If an officer of the commission separates a child for a prescribed purpose, an officer of the commission must keep the child under observation in a way complying with guidelines issued by the commission. ‘ (5) The detention centre manager must keep a register that contains the following particulars of each child who is separated for a prescribed purpose— (a) the child’s name; (b) the reason for the child’s separation;

s 13 7 s 16 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 (c) the name of the staff member who supervised the child during the separation; (d) the date and the length of time for which the child was separated. ‘ (6) Also, the detention centre manager must allow an official visitor to inspect the register and make a copy of any entry in it. ‘ (7) Subsection (4) does not limit the circumstances in which a child may be kept under continuous observation.’. ˙ Amendment of s 17 (Searches not involving the removal of clothes) 13. Section 17, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 18 (Searches involving removal of clothes) 14. Section 18, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 19 (Body search) 15. Section 19, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Amendment of s 20 (Register of searches) 16. Section 20, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’.

s 17 8 s 19 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ˙ Amendment of s 21 (Articles found during search) 17.(1) Section 21(1)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) is declared by the commission by written instrument to be a restricted or prohibited article; or’. (2) Section 21(2) to (4) and (7), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘detention centre manager’. ˙ Amendment of s 22 (Telephone calls) 18.(1) Section 22(1), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 22(3), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘detention centre manager’. (3) Section 22(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) Before the conversation takes place, the detention centre manager must inform the child and the other party to the conversation that an officer of the commission will listen to the conversation and may terminate it on reasonable grounds.’. ˙ Amendment of s 23 (Correspondence) 19.(1) Section 23(2) and (3), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 23(3), from ‘sender’— omit, insert—

s 20 9 s 22 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ‘sender; or (d) destroy the correspondence.’. (3) Section 23— insert— ‘ (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to correspondence the commission decides to exclude from examination.’. ˙ Amendment of s 24 (Property brought into a detention centre) 20. Section 24, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. ˙ Replacement of pt 3, div 7 heading 21. Part 3, division 7, heading— omit, insert— ‘Division 7—Health and medical services’. ˙ Amendment of s 25 (Child’s right to medical treatment) 22.(1) Section 25, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 25(1), after ‘a right to’— insert— ‘health services and’. (3) Section 25(2), after ‘medical treatment’— insert— ‘or other health services’.

s 23 10 s 25 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ˙ Amendment of s 26 (Reports of medical examination or treatment) 23.(1) Section 26(1) to (3), ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 26(4)— omit, insert— ‘ (4) The record may only be inspected— (a) by the child named in the record; or (b) by the child’s parent; or (c) on production of a subpoena or court order—by a lawyer who represents the child; or (d) by an officer of the commission or department authorised in writing by the commission.’. ˙ Amendment of s 27 (Death of child in centre) 24.(1) Section 27, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’. (2) Section 27— insert— ‘(c) a coroner; and (d) a chaplain; and (e) for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child—the Aboriginal legal service.’. ˙ Amendment of s 28 (Religious services) 25. Section 28, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘commission’.

s 26 11 s 29 Juvenile Justice Amendment (No. 2) No. 97, 1997 ˙ Amendment of s 29 (Visitors book) 26. Section 29, ‘chief executive’— omit, insert— ‘detention centre manager’. ˙ Amendment of s 30 (Authorised disclosure) 27.(1) Section 30(1)(c)‘chief executive’s’— omit, insert— ‘chief executive’s or commission’s’. (2) Section 30(1)(d) and (e), after ‘chief executive’— insert— ‘or the commission’. ˙ Omission of pt 5 (Transitional) 28. Part 5— omit. ˙ Amendment of schedule (Detention centres) 29. Schedule, entry for Westbrook Youth Detention Centre— omit. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 April 1997. 2. Notified in the gazette on 24 April 1997. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of the Justice. © State of Queensland 1997