CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 120 Custody of person on transfer order

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 120

    (1)     If the director-general makes a transfer arrangement under this Act for the transfer of a young offender from the ACT to a State in the custody of a transfer escort, the director-general must make a written order (a "transfer order") that—

        (a)     directs the person who has custody of the young offender to deliver the young offender to the custody of the transfer escort; and

        (b)     authorises the transfer escort to take and keep custody of the young offender for the purpose of transferring the young offender to the place in the receiving State, and to the custody, mentioned in the transfer arrangement.

    (2)     The authority given to a transfer escort by a transfer order is given only to a transfer escort who is—

        (a)     a police officer; or

        (b)     a corrections officer; or

        (c)     a youth detention officer; or

        (d)     a person acting as a transfer escort with the approval of the director-general.