131Court may arrange transfer of apprehended escapees

131 Court may arrange transfer of apprehended escapees (1) A young offender who is apprehended under a warrant under section 130 must, as soon as practicable, be brought before— (a) if the young offender is 18 years old or older—the Magistrates Court; or (b) in any other case—the Childrens Court. (2) The Magistrates Court or Childrens Court may order that the young offender— (a) be delivered to the custody of a transfer escort; or (b) be detained for not longer than 7 days until a transfer escort is available from the sending State to carry out the transfer arrangement or an order made by a court of the State. (3) If a young offender who is the subject of an order made by a magistrate is not, under the order, delivered into the custody of a transfer escort before the end of 7 days after the day the order is made, the order has no further effect. (4) If an order ceases to have further effect under subsection (3), a further order may be made under subsection (2).

transfer escort, for a young offender being transferred through the ACT from a State to another State under a transfer agreement, means— (a) the transfer escort authorised by the transfer agreement to have custody of the young offender; or (b) if the young offender has escaped or attempted to escape—1 or more of the following people: (i) the transfer escort; (ii) a police officer of the sending State; (iii) a person appointed in writing by the Minister of the sending State, or a person authorised to enter into a transfer arrangement for that Minister, to be a transfer escort to carry out an order of a court of the sending State.