sec.29Telephone calls

sec.29 Telephone calls

A child detained in a detention centre has the right to make and receive telephone calls at all reasonable times. The child has the right to speak to another person during a telephone call out of the hearing of any other person. However, if the chief executive reasonably believes the telephone conversation may disclose information that is, or is likely to be, detrimental to the good order and management of the centre, the chief executive may require a detention centre employee at the centre to listen to the conversation and terminate it on reasonable grounds. Before the conversation takes place, the chief executive must inform the child and the other party to the conversation that a detention centre employee will listen to the conversation and may terminate it on reasonable grounds. The chief executive must make a record of each requirement made under subsection (3) and the reasons for making it. Subsection (3) does not apply to a telephone conversation between a child and the following persons— the public guardian; a community visitor (child); a child advocacy officer; a legal practitioner representing the child; For other matters about a legal practitioner’s access to a child, see the Act , section 276 . the inspector of detention services; the ombudsman. s 29 amd 2023 SL No. 65 s 4 (sec.29-ssec.1) A child detained in a detention centre has the right to make and receive telephone calls at all reasonable times. (sec.29-ssec.2) The child has the right to speak to another person during a telephone call out of the hearing of any other person. (sec.29-ssec.3) However, if the chief executive reasonably believes the telephone conversation may disclose information that is, or is likely to be, detrimental to the good order and management of the centre, the chief executive may require a detention centre employee at the centre to listen to the conversation and terminate it on reasonable grounds. (sec.29-ssec.4) Before the conversation takes place, the chief executive must inform the child and the other party to the conversation that a detention centre employee will listen to the conversation and may terminate it on reasonable grounds. (sec.29-ssec.5) The chief executive must make a record of each requirement made under subsection (3) and the reasons for making it. (sec.29-ssec.6) Subsection (3) does not apply to a telephone conversation between a child and the following persons— the public guardian; a community visitor (child); a child advocacy officer; a legal practitioner representing the child; For other matters about a legal practitioner’s access to a child, see the Act , section 276 . the inspector of detention services; the ombudsman.

• (a) the public guardian;
• (b) a community visitor (child);
• (c) a child advocacy officer;
• (d) a legal practitioner representing the child; Note— For other matters about a legal practitioner’s access to a child, see the Act , section 276 .