New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 29

29 Application of Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 to detainees

(1) The provisions of Parts 6 and 7 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 apply to a detainee within the meaning of this Act in the same way as they apply to an offender referred to in those provisions, and so apply as if in those provisions:

(a) a reference to a correctional centre were a reference to a detention centre, and

(b) a reference to the Parole Authority or a member of the Parole Authority were a reference to the Children’s Court or a Children’s Magistrate, respectively, and

(c) a reference to the Secretary of the Parole Authority were a reference to a Registrar of the Children’s Court, and

(d) a reference to the Commissioner were a reference to the Director-General of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

(2) If a detainee who is being detained as a result of the revocation or suspension of a parole order by the Children’s Court is transferred to a correctional centre, this section (subsection (1) (a) excluded) continues to apply in relation to the parole order as if the transferred detainee were still a detainee. Accordingly, the Children’s Court is to continue to exercise the functions of the Parole Authority under Division 4 of Part 7 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 with respect to the detainee’s parole order.