Youth Justice Act 2024
466Commissioner for Youth Justice may approve entry of visitors
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466 Commissioner for Youth Justice may approve entry of visitors
(1) The Commissioner for Youth Justice may approve the entry of visitors to a youth justice custodial centre either generally or in a particular case.
(2) The Commissioner for Youth Justice may require that visits to a youth justice custodial centre are to take place in the presence of, or under the supervision of, a youth justice custodial officer either generally or in a particular case.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a visit by a legal practitioner representing a child or young person held in custody in a youth justice custodial centre is not subject to any requirement that the visit take place in the presence of, or under the supervision of, a youth justice custodial officer.