Youth Justice Act 2024
544Offence to deliver or introduce certain items to youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre
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544 Offence to deliver or introduce certain items to youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre
(1) A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not deliver or attempt to deliver an item specified in subsection (3) to—
(b) a child or young person who is attending a youth justice community service centre; or
(c) a child or young person who is on temporary leave from a youth justice custodial centre.
(2) A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not introduce or attempt to introduce or cause to be introduced an item specified in subsection (3) into a youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre.
(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the following are specified items—
(a) any firearm, offensive weapon or other article which is capable of being used as a weapon;
(b) any form of alcoholic liquor or alcoholic beverage;
(c) any other prescribed item.
545 Offence to take or receive articles or things from child or young person in youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre without consent
A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not take or receive any article or thing from the following persons, without the consent of the Commissioner for Youth Justice, for the purpose of conveying or taking the article or thing away from the youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre (as the case requires)—
546 Offences to deliver or leave articles or things for introduction into youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre
(1) A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not deliver or cause to be delivered any article or thing to another person for the purpose of being introduced into a youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre.
(2) A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not conceal or leave in any place any article or thing for the purpose of being found or received by—
547 Offence to lurk or loiter about a youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre
A person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, must not lurk or loiter about a youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre for any of the purposes referred to in section 541, 542, 543, 544, 545 or 546*.*
548 Offence to refuse or fail to leave youth justice custodial centre or youth justice community service centre when required to do so