CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 140 Treatment of certain young detainees
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 140
Treatment of certain young detainees(1) This section applies to a young detainee (other than a sentenced young offender or young remandee) while the young detainee is required to be held in custody or detention under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory.
(2) Functions under the criminal matters chapters in relation to the young detainee must be exercised to recognise and respect the purpose for which the young detainee is held in custody or detention.
(3) The criminal matters chapters apply in relation to the young detainee, with any changes prescribed by regulation.