Part 7Children and young persons in care of chief executive or other persons or bodies
Secure care
368Grounds for placement in secure care
A child or young person may be placed in secure care in a residence if, and only if, such placement is necessary—
- to prevent the child or young person absconding from the residence where any 2 of the conditions specified in subsection (2) apply; or
- to prevent the child or young person from behaving in a manner likely to cause physical harm to that child or young person or to any other person.
The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—
- the child or young person has, on 1 or more occasions within the preceding 6 months, absconded from a residence or from Police custody:
- there is a real likelihood that the child or young person will abscond from the residence:
- the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of the child or young person is likely to be harmed if the child or young person absconds from the residence.
Notes
- Section 368: replaced, on , by section 41 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).

