Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 122

(1)     If the chief executive makes a transfer direction under section 120 , the person who is the subject of the direction may be placed in a shelter or remand centre until he or she is transferred.

(2)     A person may not be placed in a remand centre under subsection (1) without the written approval of—

        (a)     the chief executive; and

        (b)     the director of corrective services.

(3)     A person may 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 chief executive; or

        (b)     if the person is kept in a remand centre—

              (i)     the chief executive; and

              (ii)     the director of corrective services.

(4)     A transfer direction is sufficient authority for an officer, a custodial escort or a police officer—

        (a)     subject to a contrary provision in the direction—

              (i)     to take the person to a shelter or remand centre; or

              (ii)     to take the person from one shelter or remand centre to another; or

              (iii)     to take the person from a shelter to a remand centre or from a remand centre to a shelter; and

        (b)     subsequently to take the person to the institution to which he or she is to be transferred.

(5)     In this section—