New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (INTERSTATE TRANSFER OF OFFENDERS) ACT 1988 - SECT 8

8 Provisions to be contained in each arrangement

(1) An arrangement for the transfer of a young offender from or to New South Wales must:

(a) be in writing, and

(b) provide for the acceptance of, and means of dealing with, the young offender in the receiving State, and

(c) specify each order of a court of the sending State to which the young offender is subject (including any order required by a previous arrangement with New South Wales or with another State to be treated as having been made by a court of the sending State).

(2) For each order so specified, the arrangement must:

(a) state the way in which it is to operate in the receiving State, which must be as similar as possible to the way in which it would operate in the sending State if the arrangement were not made, and

(b) state the maximum time for which it may operate, which must not be longer than the maximum time for which it could operate in the sending State if the arrangement were not made, and

(c) state any entitlement of the young offender to a reduction in detention in the sending State and how that entitlement is to operate in the receiving State, which must be as similar as possible to the way in which it would operate in the sending State if the arrangement were not made.

(3) A reference in this section to an order of a court is a reference to any sentence, detention, probation, parole or other order, which could be made or imposed by such a court.