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Youth Justice Act 2005
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158C Operational matters
A detainee is not considered to have been separated from other
detainees in a detention centre:
(a) when the detainee is securely accommodated:
(i) in the detainee's room overnight; or
(ii) during a reasonable and necessary lockdown period at
the detention centre; or
(iii) during an emergency situation; or
(b) when it is, in the opinion of the superintendent, reasonably
required having regard to the age or gender of the detainee; or
(c) when the detainee is attending medical treatment, an
educational or work program or a recreational activity; or
(d) when the detainee is being escorted or moved within the
detention centre; or
(e) in another circumstance prescribed by regulation.