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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 145 Lawful custody for transit through Territory

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 145

Lawful custody for transit through Territory

(1)     The chief executive may authorise the superintendent of an institution to receive, at the institution, young offenders being transferred through the Territory from a State to another State in accordance with an agreement.

(2)     If a young offender is brought into the Territory by an escort authorised by such an agreement to have temporary control of the young offender, then—

        (a)     while in the Territory, the escort is authorised to take and keep temporary control of the young offender for the transfer; and

        (b)     a superintendent authorised under this section may, at the request of the escort and on receiving from the escort written authority for the transfer of the young offender as provided in the agreement—

              (i)     receive and detain the young offender at the institution in such temporary control and for such time as the escort requests, if reasonably necessary for the transfer; and

              (ii)     at the end of that time, deliver the young offender into the temporary control of the escort.

(3)     In this section—

superintendent means the person for the time being in charge of an institution.