New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (DETENTION CENTRES) ACT 1987 - SECT 42A

42A Admission to detention centre following arrest or apprehension for breach of bail undertaking or conditions

(1) A child who is arrested or apprehended under section 50 (1) of the Bail Act 1978 , and who is to be detained before being taken before a court, must be detained in a detention centre rather than being detained in a police station.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the child may be detained in a police station before being taken before a court if it is impracticable for the child to be detained in a detention centre before being taken before the court.

(3) A child who is detained in a police station under subsection (2) must, so far as is reasonably practicable, be detained separately from any adults detained there.

(4) While a child is detained in a detention centre under this section, the child is taken to be a person on remand for the purposes of this Act.