Children and Young People Act 2008
171Treatment of convicted and non-convicted young
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171 Treatment of convicted and non-convicted young (1) Without limiting section 143 (Youth detention policies and operating procedures), the director-general must make a youth detention policy or operating procedure providing for different treatment of convicted young detainees and non-convicted young detainees. a youth detention policy or operating procedure, in accordance with the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of Liberty, for non-convicted young detainees to: • be provided, if possible, with opportunities to pursue work with remuneration and to continue education and training (r 18) • receive and retain materials for their leisure and recreation that are compatible with the interests of the administration of justice (r 18) (2) For chapter 8, a young detainee’s entitlement in relation to treatment in detention includes anything expressed to be an entitlement in a youth detention policy or operating procedure made for subsection (1). convicted young detainee means a young detainee whose detention is because of the young detainee’s conviction for an offence.