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Youth Justice Act 2024
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577 Prohibited actions
The following actions are prohibited in relation to a child held in custody in a police gaol or a child or young person who is in the custody of a transfer officer under a transfer authority—
(b) the administering of corporal punishment, that is, any action which inflicts, or is intended to inflict, physical pain or discomfort on the child or young person as a punishment;
(e) the adoption of any kind of discriminatory treatment.
Division 3—Use of force in police gaol or in custody of transfer officer under transfer authority