South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts45—Transfer of young offenders to this State
(1) The Minister may
make arrangements with the appropriate authority of another State for the
transfer of a young offender from that other State to this State.
(2) Before entering
into arrangements under this section, the Minister must be satisfied—
(a) that
the young offender is over the age of 10 years;
(b) that
there is in force in this State a law that substantially corresponds to the
law against which the young offender offended;
(c) that
the young offender is not liable to detention for an indeterminate period;
(d) that
the young offender will be dealt with in the correctional system of this State
in substantially the same way as if he or she had remained in the correctional
system of the other State.
(3) Before entering
into arrangements under this section, the Minister must allow the guardians of
the youth a reasonable opportunity to make representations on the question
whether the transfer is in the best interests of the young offender.
(4) Where a young
offender is transferred to this State in pursuance of arrangements under this
section—
(a) a
copy of the correctional order must be filed in the Court; and
(b) the
young offender will be dealt with under the law of this State as if—
(i)
the correctional order had been made under the law of the
State;
(ii)
any period of detention, community service, conditional
release, probation, parole or supervision served by the young offender in
pursuance of the order had been served in the State;
(iii)
any entitlement to remission of sentence that had accrued
prior to the transfer had accrued under the law of the State.