Contacting family members etc.
21ZI Contacting family members etc.
The person being detained is entitled to contact once:
one of his or her family members; and
if he or she:
(i) lives with another person and the other person is not a family member of the person being detained; or
(ii) lives with other people and those other people are not family members of the person being detained;
the other person or one of those other people; and
if he or she is employed – his or her employer; and
(d) if he or she employs people in a business – one of the people he or she employs in the business; and
(e) if he or she engages in a business together with another person or other people – the other person or one of those other people; and
(f) if the police officer detaining the person being detained agrees to the person contacting another person – the person,
by telephone, fax or email but solely for the purposes of letting the person contacted know that he or she is safe and is being detained.
(2) To avoid doubt, the person being detained is entitled, under subsection (1), to disclose:
(a) the fact that a preventative detention order has been made in relation to the person; and
the fact that the person is being detained; and
the period for which the person is being detained.
In this section:
family member, of a person, means:
the person's spouse or de facto spouse; or
a parent, step-parent or grandparent of the person; or
a child, step-child or grandchild of the person; or
a brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the person; or
a guardian or carer of the person.
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