CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 140 Temporary custody pending interstate transfer

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 140

(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 (being an escort mentioned in subsection 139 (2)), the offender may be placed in a shelter or remand centre until he or she is delivered to the escort.

(2)     A young offender may not be placed in a remand centre under subsection (1) without the written approval of—

        (a)     the chief executive; and

        (b)     the director of corrective services.

(3)     A young offender may not be kept in a remand centre or a shelter under subsection (1) for more than 14 days without the written approval of—

        (a)     the chief executive; or

        (b)     if the offender is kept in a remand centre—

              (i)     the chief executive; and

              (ii)     the director of corrective services.

( 4)     An arrangement mentioned in subsection (1) is sufficient authority for an officer, a custodial escort or police officer, subject to a provision to the contrary in the arrangement to take the young offender—

        (a)     to a shelter or remand centre; or

        (b)     from 1 shelter or remand centre to another; or

        (c)     from a shelter to a remand centre or from a remand centre to a shelter.

(5)     In this section—