CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 139 Transfer order

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 139

(1)     If the chief executive makes an arrangement under this Act for the transfer of a young offender from the Territory to a State in the temporary control of an escort, the chief executive must make a written order that—

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

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

(2)     The authority conferred on an escort by this section is conferred only on an escort who is—

        (a)     a member of the Police Force; or

        (b)     a custodial escort; or

        (c)     a person appointed by the chief executive; or

        (d)     an officer; or

        (e)     a person acting as an escort with the approval of the chief executive.