New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

CRIMES (DETENTION AFTER ARREST) REGULATION 1998 - REG 27

27 Person responsible for welfare of certain detained persons to be contacted

(1) If a detained person is a child or a person with impaired intellectual or physical functioning, the custody manager must, as soon as practicable, attempt:

(a) to ascertain the identity of the person responsible for the welfare of the detained person, and

(b) to contact the person so responsible and advise the person of the detained person's whereabouts and the grounds for the detention.

(2) In the case of a detained person who has impaired physical functioning, the custody manager must, as soon as practicable, also attempt to determine any specific physical care needs of the detained person and, if reasonably practicable to do so, arrange for those needs to be provided for.