CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 215 Interstate segregated detainees transferred to ACT

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 215

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     an interstate segregation direction applies to a young detainee; and

        (b)     the young detainee is transferred (however described) into custody at a detention place in the ACT.

    (2)     Despite the transfer, the interstate segregation direction—

        (a)     continues to apply in relation to the young detainee—

              (i)     as if it were a segregation direction under this division; and

              (ii)     with any necessary changes, and any change prescribed by regulation; and

        (b)     subject to this division, ends 3 days after the day the young detainee is taken into custody at the detention place.

    (3)     In this section:

"interstate segregation direction" means a direction or order (however described) that—

        (a)     corresponds substantially to a segregation direction under this division; and

        (b)     is in force under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that is declared by regulation to be a corresponding law for this section.