17Employment

#### 17 Employment (1) The officer in charge of a detention centre may direct a detainee to be employed in kinds of work that it is reasonable to expect the detainee to perform. (2) In directing a detainee to perform particular work, the officer in charge of a detention centre shall take into account the religion and the mental and physical capacity of the detainee. (3) A detainee shall not be employed otherwise than for the benefit of the Commonwealth. (4) A detainee shall not be required to perform work on a day of religious observance other than such work as is necessary for the continued daily operation of the detention centre. (5) In subregulation (4), day of religious observance means Christmas Day, Good Friday or: (a) in the case of a detainee of a particular denomination, a day recognised as the sabbath in that denomination; or (b) in any other case, Sunday.