Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) If the court commits a young person to an institution or a State institution, the young person must be placed in a shelter or remand centre until he or she is removed to the institution.
(2) The young person may not be kept in the shelter or remand centre for more than 14 days unless the court so orders or the chief executive approves in writing.
(3) An order committing a young person to an institution or a State institution is sufficient authority for an officer, an escort under the Custodial Escorts Act 1998 or police officer to do 1 or more of the following:
(a) subject to a contrary provision in the order, take the young person—
(i) to a shelter or remand centre; or
(ii) from one shelter or remand centre to another; or
(iii) from a shelter to a remand centre or from a remand centre to a shelter;
(b) take the young person to the institution or the State institution;
(c) in the case of a young person committed to a State institution—take the young person to the State or Territory stated in the order for detention in the State institution.