46Requests to speak to centre manager or other juvenile justice officer

46 Requests to speak to centre manager or other juvenile justice officer

46 Requests to speak to centre manager or other juvenile justice officer

(1) A juvenile justice officer who receives a request from a detainee (whether orally or in writing) for permission to speak to the centre manager or another juvenile justice officer must, as soon as practicable, convey the request to the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer.

(2) The centre manager or other juvenile justice officer must give a detainee from whom the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer receives such a request an opportunity to speak to the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer on the day on which the request is conveyed or made to the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer or as soon as practicable after that day.

(3) When giving a detainee an opportunity to speak, the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer must consider what the detainee has to say and must inform the detainee of any action that the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer has taken or proposes to take or (if no such action is taken or proposed) of the fact that the centre manager or other juvenile justice officer does not propose to take any action.