Youth Justice Act 2024
579Prohibited physical restraint techniques in police gaols or in custody of a transfer officer under transfer authority
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579 Prohibited physical restraint techniques in police gaols or in custody of a transfer officer under transfer authority
Each of the following is 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—
(a) the use of a physical restraint technique for the purpose of restraining, restricting or inhibiting the child's or young person's respiratory or digestive function;
(b) the use of a physical restraint technique for the purpose of inflicting pain to compel compliance, including by the hyperextension of joints or applying pressure to the child's or young person's chest or joints;
(c) the use of any other prescribed physical restraint technique.