Requirement to visit visitable site or communicate if asked
60 Requirement to visit visitable site or communicate if asked
A child staying at a visitable site may—
ask the public guardian to arrange for a community visitor (child) to visit the site to perform the visitor’s functions; or
ask a staff member of the site to arrange for a community visitor (child) to visit the site to perform the visitor’s functions; or
inform a staff member of the site that the child wishes to communicate with a particular community visitor (child).
If subsection (1)(b) applies, the staff member must tell the public guardian about the request as soon as practicable.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
If subsection (1)(c) applies, the staff member must take reasonable steps to inform the particular visitor about the request as soon as practicable.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
A community visitor (child) must comply with a request to visit a site, or communicate with a child staying at a site, as soon as practicable after being informed of the request.
A community visitor (child) does not commit an offence only by failing to comply with subsection (4).
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