Proposed Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2015 and Regulatory Impact Statement

The NSW Department of Justice sought comments on the public consultation draft of the proposed Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2015​ and accompanying Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) (docx, 89kb; PDF, 92kb​).

Submissions closed on Wednesday 29 July 2015 and are available for download:

• ​​Advocate for Children and Young People 
  
• Children's Court
• Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network 
• Law Society of NSW 
• Legal Aid NSW 
• NSW Ombudsman
• Youth Justice Coalition​

The final Regulation has now been made: Children (Detention Centres) Regulation 2015​.

The RIS examined the need for regulation and its costs and benefits. The RIS also outlined the changes that were proposed for the new Regulation. In addition to the changes outlined in the RIS, the final Regulation includes the following changes:

• inclusion of a definition of 'prohibited goods'
  
• replacement of the term 'contraband' with the term 'prohibited goods'
• two minor technical amendments that were identified as necessary when finalising the Regulation