sec.276Protection of lawyer representing child

### sec.276 Protection of lawyer representing child A lawyer representing a child held in a detention centre is entitled to access to the child at all reasonable times. A detention centre employee— must allow the lawyer to conduct an interview with the child out of the hearing of any other person; and must not open, copy, remove or read any correspondence— from the child to the lawyer; or from the lawyer to the child. Subsection (2) (b) does not prevent a detention centre employee from handling the correspondence to the extent necessary to give the child access to it or, at the child’s request, to store it in a secure place. s 276 amd 2002 No. 39 s 105 (amd 2003 No. 37 s 83 ); 2004 No. 11 s 596 sch 1 (sec.276-ssec.1) A lawyer representing a child held in a detention centre is entitled to access to the child at all reasonable times. (sec.276-ssec.2) A detention centre employee— must allow the lawyer to conduct an interview with the child out of the hearing of any other person; and must not open, copy, remove or read any correspondence— from the child to the lawyer; or from the lawyer to the child. (sec.276-ssec.3) Subsection (2) (b) does not prevent a detention centre employee from handling the correspondence to the extent necessary to give the child access to it or, at the child’s request, to store it in a secure place. - (a) must allow the lawyer to conduct an interview with the child out of the hearing of any other person; and - (b) must not open, copy, remove or read any correspondence— (i) from the child to the lawyer; or (ii) from the lawyer to the child. - (i) from the child to the lawyer; or - (ii) from the lawyer to the child. - (i) from the child to the lawyer; or - (ii) from the lawyer to the child.