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Public Guardian Act 2014
sec.72Privacy of correspondence between community visitor (child) and children
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### sec.72 Privacy of correspondence between community visitor (child) and children
A carer at a visitable home or a staff member of a visitable site must not open, read, copy or remove any correspondence sent, or being sent, between a community visitor (child) and a child staying at the site or home, unless the child asks the staff member or carer to do so.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
visitable site does not include a corrective services facility where a child is staying.
See the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 2 , part 2 , division 4 , subdivision 1 for provisions dealing with a prisoner’s mail.
(sec.72-ssec.1) A carer at a visitable home or a staff member of a visitable site must not open, read, copy or remove any correspondence sent, or being sent, between a community visitor (child) and a child staying at the site or home, unless the child asks the staff member or carer to do so. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.72-ssec.2) In this section— visitable site does not include a corrective services facility where a child is staying. See the Corrective Services Act 2006 , chapter 2 , part 2 , division 4 , subdivision 1 for provisions dealing with a prisoner’s mail.