Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 579

Each of the following is prohibited in relation to a child held in custody in a police gaol or a child or young person who is in the custody of a transfer officer under a transfer authority—

        (a)     the use of a physical restraint technique for the purpose of restraining, restricting or inhibiting the child's or young person's respiratory or digestive function;

        (b)     the use of a physical restraint technique for the purpose of inflicting pain to compel compliance, including by the hyperextension of joints or applying pressure to the child's or young person's chest or joints;

        (c)     the use of any other prescribed physical restraint technique.