Children and Young People Act 2008
144Exclusion of matters from notified youth detention
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144 Exclusion of matters from notified youth detention policies etc (1) The director-general may exclude from a youth detention policy or operating procedure notified or available for inspection in accordance with section 143 any matter that the director-general believes on reasonable grounds would be likely to disclose— (a) information that may endanger public safety or security or good order at a detention place; or (b) anything prescribed by regulation. (2) If subsection (1) applies to a youth detention policy or operating procedure— (a) the policy or procedure must contain a statement about the effect of this section; and (b) the excluded matter must be available for inspection, on request, by any of the following: (i) a judge; (ii) a magistrate; (iii) a member of the Legislative Assembly; (iv) the custodial inspector; (v) a commissioner exercising functions under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005; (vi) the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner; (vii) the ombudsman; (viii) an official visitor; (ix) the integrity commissioner;
(x) anyone to whom this section applies because of a declaration under subsection (3). (3) The Minister may declare that this section applies to a stated person. (4) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.