Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 44

    (1)     An entitled child or young person, or anyone else, may complain to an official visitor about any aspect of the child's or young person's detention, confinement or accommodation including—

        (a)     the conditions of detention, confinement or accommodation of an entitled child or young person; or

        (b)     the care provided to an entitled child or young person at a detention place, therapeutic protection place or place of care; or

        (c)     how a detention place, therapeutic protection place or place of care is conducted.

    (2)     The entitled child or young person may make the complaint to the official visitor personally or through someone else.

    (3)     The entitled child or young person may ask the official visitor to hear the complaint with no-one else present and, if so—

        (a)     the official visitor must comply; and

        (b)     the operating entity must provide reasonably private facilities for the official visitor to hear the complaint.