Youth Justice Regulation 2016
sec.38Keeping information— Act , s 303
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sec.38 Keeping information— Act , s 303
For section 303 (1) (a) of the Act , the information to be collected is— the details of any report given to the chief executive about— harm caused, or suspected of being caused, to a child detained in a detention centre; or a contravention, or claimed contravention, of principle 4, 17, 20 or 21 of the youth justice principles in relation to a child detained in a detention centre; and See the Act , schedule 1 . the results of an investigation of a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . The information must be kept in a way that enables the chief executive to— gain access to, or collect, information about a particular detention centre, detention centre employee or child; or analyse trends across all the information. The chief executive must keep the information for 70 years after the date of birth of the child to whom the information relates. s 38 amd 2019 SL No. 261 s 8 ; 2024 Act No. 54 s 60 sch 1 (sec.38-ssec.1) For section 303 (1) (a) of the Act , the information to be collected is— the details of any report given to the chief executive about— harm caused, or suspected of being caused, to a child detained in a detention centre; or a contravention, or claimed contravention, of principle 4, 17, 20 or 21 of the youth justice principles in relation to a child detained in a detention centre; and See the Act , schedule 1 . the results of an investigation of a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.38-ssec.2) The information must be kept in a way that enables the chief executive to— gain access to, or collect, information about a particular detention centre, detention centre employee or child; or analyse trends across all the information. (sec.38-ssec.3) The chief executive must keep the information for 70 years after the date of birth of the child to whom the information relates.
- (a) the details of any report given to the chief executive about— (i) harm caused, or suspected of being caused, to a child detained in a detention centre; or (ii) a contravention, or claimed contravention, of principle 4, 17, 20 or 21 of the youth justice principles in relation to a child detained in a detention centre; and Note— See the Act , schedule 1 .
- (i) harm caused, or suspected of being caused, to a child detained in a detention centre; or
- (ii) a contravention, or claimed contravention, of principle 4, 17, 20 or 21 of the youth justice principles in relation to a child detained in a detention centre; and Note— See the Act , schedule 1 .
- (b) the results of an investigation of a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) .
- (i) harm caused, or suspected of being caused, to a child detained in a detention centre; or
- (ii) a contravention, or claimed contravention, of principle 4, 17, 20 or 21 of the youth justice principles in relation to a child detained in a detention centre; and Note— See the Act , schedule 1 .