Western Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 118A

118A .         Where sentence of imprisonment to be served

        (1)         If — 

            (a)         as a result of a sentence imposed by a court a young person is to be imprisoned; and

            (b)         the young person is under 18 years old at the time when under that sentence he or she is to be imprisoned,

                then, unless a direction has been made under section 118(4), the young person is to serve that sentence in a detention centre and not in a prison until a direction is made under section 178.

        (2)         If — 

            (a)         as a result of a sentence imposed by a court a young person is to be imprisoned; and

            (b)         the young person has reached the age of 18 years at the time when under that sentence he or she is to be imprisoned,

                then the young person is to serve that sentence in a prison.

        (3)         If it is not practicable to immediately transport a young person to a detention centre in accordance with subsection (1), the offender may be held in a prison or a lock-up until transport to a detention centre is practicable.

        [Section 118A inserted by No. 78 of 1995 s. 143; amended by No. 47 of 1999 s. 43.]