Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 69GA

(1)     If the director makes an arrangement under this Act for the transfer of a young offender from the Territory to a State in the temporary control of an escort (being an escort referred to in subsection 69G (2)), the offender may be placed in a shelter or remand centre until he or she is delivered to the escort.

(2)     A young offender shall not be placed in the Belconnen Remand Centre under subsection (1) without the written approval of—

        (a)     the director; and

        (b)     the director of corrective services.

(3)     A young offender shall not be kept in a remand centre or a shelter under subsection (1) for more than 14 days without the written approval of—

        (a)     the director; or

        (b)     if the offender is kept in the Belconnen Remand Centre—

              (i)     the director; and

              (ii)     the director of corrective services.

( 4)     An arrangement referred to in subsection (1) is sufficient authority for an officer, an escort under the Custodial Escorts Act 1998 or police officer, subject to any contrary provision in the arrangement—

        (a)     to take the young offender to a shelter or remand centre;

        (b)     to take the young offender from 1 shelter or remand centre to another; and

        (c)     to take the young offender from a shelter to a remand centre or from a remand centre to a shelter.

(5)     In this section—

“director of corrective services” means the Director of Corrective Services under the Periodic Detention Act 1995 .