Youth Justice Administration Act 2016

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Justice Principle means the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Justice

Principle as stated in the regulations;

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander youth means a youth who—

alcotest means a test by means of an apparatus of a kind approved for the conduct of alcotests under the Road

Traffic Act 1961;

analyst has the same meaning as in the Controlled

Substances Act 1984;

biological sample means a sample of urine, saliva or sweat;

Charter of Rights for Youths Detained in Training Centres—see

Part 4

Division 2;

Chief

Executive means the Chief Executive of the Department;

Child and Young Person's Visitor means the Child and Young Person's Visitor under the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017;

child of compulsory education age means a person who is 16 years of age;

child of compulsory school age means a child of or above the age of 6 years but under the age of 16 years;

community youth justice officer means—

Department means the administrative unit of the Public Service that is responsible for assisting a Minister in the administration of this

Act;

detention means detention in a training centre;

drug means—

or

Controlled

Substances Act 1984;

drug test means an alcotest or urinalysis, or a prescribed procedure;

employee, in relation to a training centre, means an officer or employee of the Department whose duties include the supervision of youths detained in a training centre;

exercise, for a function, includes perform;

guardian, in relation to a youth, means—

Guardian for Children and Young People means the Guardian for Children and Young People appointed under the

Children and Young People (Oversight and Advocacy Bodies) Act 2016;

prescribed procedure means a procedure, prescribed by regulation, consisting of the taking of a biological sample from a person for analysis for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of a drug in the body of the person from whom the sample was taken;

resident of a training centre means a youth detained in the centre;

safe room means a room (other than a resident's bedroom) in a training centre that is set aside for the safe detention of residents of the centre;

Training

Centre Review Board means the Training Centre Review Board established under the Young

Offenders Act;

Visitor means the Training Centre Visitor appointed under Part 3;

Young

Offenders Act means the Young

Offenders Act 1993;

youth means a person of or above the age of 10 years but under the age of 18 years and, in relation to proceedings for an offence or detention in a training centre, includes a person who was under the age of 18 years on the date of the alleged offence.

Offenders Act; or