25CPersons who may conduct searches of youths

25C Persons who may conduct searches of youths

[Section 25C of Part 3 Inserted by No. 14 of 2022, s. 6, Applied:01 Dec 2022]

(1)  A search of a youth may only be conducted by the following persons:

(a) the Director;

(b) a correctional officer who is within a class of officers that is specified, in standing orders, made by the Director under section 6(3) of the Corrections Act 1997 , to be authorised to conduct such a search;

(c) a correctional officer who is ordered by the Director to conduct the search;

(d) the Secretary;

(e) a detention centre manager;

(f) a person who is within a class of persons that is specified, in instructions issued under section 124(2) , to be authorised to conduct such a search;

(g) a person who is ordered by the Secretary, or a detention centre manager, to conduct the search;

(h) a police officer.

(2)  A search of a youth must be conducted in accordance with –

(a) this Division; and

(b) the requirements, if any, of the relevant instruction in relation to the custodial facility in which the search is conducted, except to the extent that those requirements are inconsistent with the requirements of this Division.