Official visitor must report non-compliant visitable places
16 Official visitor must report non-compliant visitable places
This section applies if an official visitor for a visitable place believes on reasonable grounds that any of the following is not in accordance with the operational Act for the place:
the care and other services provided to an entitled person at the place;
the living conditions and activities of an entitled person at the place;
if an entitled person is detained under the operational Act at the place—the detention of the person at the place (including any aspect of the treatment, living conditions, work or activities of the detainee).
The official visitor—
must report the belief to the operational Minister; and
may report the belief to—
the relevant director-general; and
the public advocate; and
if the entitled person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person—the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner; and
the official visitors board; and
the senior practitioner.
An operational Act may prescribe other reporting requirements for the visitable place.
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