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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.301GTemporary detention centre declaration
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### sec.301G Temporary detention centre declaration
This section applies if the chief executive is satisfied a detention centre is adversely affected.
The chief executive may, with the approval of the Minister and by signed writing, declare—
the detention centre to be a disaster-affected detention centre; and
1 or more places selected under section 301H as a temporary detention centre for the disaster-affected detention centre.
A declaration under subsection (2) must state the following—
the nature of the disaster;
the name of the detention centre;
the name and location of the place or places declared as a temporary detention centre;
the duration of the declaration.
A declaration under subsection (2) is a temporary detention centre declaration .
s 301G ins 2023 No. 14 s 48
(sec.301G-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive is satisfied a detention centre is adversely affected.
(sec.301G-ssec.2) The chief executive may, with the approval of the Minister and by signed writing, declare— the detention centre to be a disaster-affected detention centre; and 1 or more places selected under section 301H as a temporary detention centre for the disaster-affected detention centre.
(sec.301G-ssec.3) A declaration under subsection (2) must state the following— the nature of the disaster; the name of the detention centre; the name and location of the place or places declared as a temporary detention centre; the duration of the declaration.
(sec.301G-ssec.4) A declaration under subsection (2) is a temporary detention centre declaration .
- (a) the detention centre to be a disaster-affected detention centre; and
- (b) 1 or more places selected under section 301H as a temporary detention centre for the disaster-affected detention centre.
- (a) the nature of the disaster;
- (b) the name of the detention centre;
- (c) the name and location of the place or places declared as a temporary detention centre;
- (d) the duration of the declaration.