Youth Justice Act 1992

A child or a parent of a child who participated in a boot camp program may complain about a matter that affects the child.

The chief executive must issue written instructions on how a complaint may be made and dealt with, which may include that the complaint must be made to a child advocacy officer or other appropriate authority.

Despite subsection (2), a child is entitled to complain directly to a child advocacy officer.

The chief executive need not deal with a complaint that the chief executive reasonably believes to be trivial or made only to cause annoyance.

The chief executive must tell the person who made the complaint under subsection (1), how the complaint will be dealt with.

The chief executive is taken to have complied with subsection (2) if the chief executive issued written instructions under repealed section 282J as in force immediately before the commencement.

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