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217 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act.
(2) The Regulations may provide for any of the following matters:
(a) the construction (including provision for the storage and
preparation of food), cleanliness, sanitation, lighting, heating,
ventilation and safety of detention centres;
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(b) the maintenance of detention centres in a proper state of
repair;
(c) the number of youths who may be received in a detention
centre, having regard to the available facilities (including
medical facilities and other amenities), space and staff of the
centre;
(d) the operation and management of detention centres;
(e) the suitability of persons operating detention centres and of
the staff of such centres, and fixing the numbers of such staff;
(f) the maintenance of order within a detention centre, including
the conduct of searches and the manner of dealing with the
misconduct of detainees and any grievances or complaints of
detainees;
(g) the health, welfare, safe custody and protection of detainees;
(h) community work orders, including:
(i) prescribing the duties of persons who are subject to
community work orders; and
(ii) regulating the conduct of persons who are subject to
community work orders; and
(iii) providing for the health and safety of persons who are
subject to community work orders; and
(iv) providing for travel and transport arrangements to be
made for persons who are subject to community work
orders; and
(v) prescribing what effect an injury to, or the illness of, a
person who is subject to a community work order has on
(vi) prescribing the periods to be taken into account when
calculating the hours during which work has been carried
out under a community work order; and
(vii) prescribing the powers and duties of advisory
committees and regulating the holding of their meetings
and the procedures they are to observe at those
meetings;
(i) alternative detention orders, including regulating the conduct
of youths who are subject to the orders;