• Section 49: Contact with other children and young persons
˚˚ “Subject to regulation 48, every child or young person placed in secure
care shall be permitted to communicate freely at all reasonable times
between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm each day with any other child or
young person placed in secure care.”
• Section 50: Meals of children and young persons in secure care
˚˚ “(1) No child or young person placed in secure care shall be required to eat
meals in his or her room unless the child or young person is confined to
that room pursuant to regulation 48.(2) No child or young person shall be
required to eat meals in any room in which there is any toilet facility.”
• Section 51 Range of planned, purposeful, and varied activities to be provided
˚˚ (1) Subject to the need to maintain the security of the children and young
persons in a residence placed in secure care, every child or young person
placed in secure care, including a child or young person who is confined
to any room pursuant to regulation 48, shall have access to a range of
planned, purposeful, and varied activities which are designed to enhance
the life skills, social skills, and competency skills of the child or young
person.
˚˚ (2) The activities specified in subclause (1) – (a) shall include (where
practicable) cultural, recreational, social, sporting, and educational
activities; and (b) shall be made available at all reasonable times during a
child’s or young person’s placement in secure care.
Part 6 Records
• Section 56: “Every residence established for the purpose of section 364(2)(d)
of the Act shall maintain a secure care register.”
• Section 56(2): lists the particulars to be entered in the secure care register.
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