Children and Young People Act 2008
241Local leave permits
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241 Local leave permits (1) If the director-general gives a young detainee a local leave direction under section 240, the director-general must give the young detainee a written permit (a local leave permit) to be absent from the detention place for the purpose for which the direction was given.
(2) The director-general may give a young detainee a written permit (also a local leave permit) to be absent from a detention place, and to be in another place in the ACT, for any other purpose the director-general Examples—purposes 1 to attend an education or training program 2 to attend a health or rehabilitation service 3 for compassionate reasons 4 to attend employment or an interview for employment (3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the director-general must (4) A local leave permit must state the following: (a) the purpose for which the leave is granted; (b) for a permit to attend an educational or training program—the place where the program is being undertaken, and the period for which the leave is granted; (c) for a permit to attend employment—the place of the employment, and the period for which the leave is granted; (d) for a permit (other than a permit mentioned in paragraph (b) or (c))—the period, not longer than 7 days, for which the leave is granted; (e) any conditions to which the leave is subject. (5) A local leave permit is subject to the following conditions:
Interstate leave Division 6.8.2 (ii) is stated in the permit. Example—condition stated in leave permit a condition prohibiting association with a particular person or being near a particular place (6) A local leave permit authorises the young detainee to be absent from the detention place in accordance with the permit— (a) unescorted; or (b) if the permit is subject to a condition that an escort officer escort the young detainee—while under escort in accordance with the condition.