Children and Young People Act 2008
294Reporting and investigation procedures
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294 Reporting and investigation procedures (1) The director-general must make reporting and investigation procedures, consistent with this Act, about the making, recording and investigation of allegation reports. (2) Each reporting and investigation procedure is a notifiable instrument. (3) Without limiting subsection (1), the reporting and investigation procedures must— (a) require allegation reports to be made in writing and given to an administrator; and (b) require the administrator to whom an allegation report is given, and any investigator who investigates the alleged behaviour breach, to be a different person to the youth detention officer who makes the allegation report; and (c) require a young detainee to be told about an alleged behaviour breach in language and a way the detainee can understand; and (d) allow a young detainee to contact 1 or 2 support people for assistance in responding to an alleged behaviour breach; and (e) require a young detainee to be told that they have the right to contact 1 or 2 support people for assistance in responding to an alleged behaviour breach.