Young Offenders Act 1993

On receiving a copy of an order for home detention, the Chief

Executive must assign the youth to a home detention officer and may from time to time re-assign the youth to another home detention officer.

A home detention officer to whom a youth is assigned—

may give reasonable written directions to the youth—

requiring the youth to take up, or not to give up, some particular course of education, training or instruction; or

requiring the youth to take up, or not to give up, some particular employment; or

requiring the youth to attend some particular counselling course;

and

may give the youth other written directions of a kind authorised by the Minister either generally or in relation to the particular youth.

Any home detention officer may at any time—

enter or telephone the residence of a youth serving a sentence of home detention; or

telephone the youth's place of employment or any other place at which the youth is required or permitted to attend; or

question any person at that residence or place, for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not the youth is complying with the conditions to which his or her home detention is subject.

A person must not—

hinder a home detention officer in the exercise of powers under this section; or

fail to answer truthfully a question put to the person by a home detention officer pursuant to those powers. Maximum penalty: Maximum penalty: $2 500.