centre manager of a detention centre means the person for the time being in charge of the centre.
Chief Executive, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network means the person for the time being holding office or acting as the chief executive of the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network under the Health Services Act 1997.
child means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
Children’s Court means the Children’s Court of New South Wales constituted by the Children’s Court Act 1987.
detainee means a person subject to control or a person on remand, but does not include a person who is absent from a detention centre pursuant to an order in force under section 24.
detention centre means premises the subject of an order in force under section 5 (1).
detention order means—
(a) an order in force under section 19 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 whereby a court has directed that the whole or any part of the term of a sentence of imprisonment imposed on a person be served as a juvenile offender, and pursuant to which the court has committed the person to a detention centre, or
(b) an order in force under section 33 (1) (g) of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 whereby the Children’s Court, or some other court exercising the functions of the Children’s Court under Division 4 of Part 3 of that Act, has committed a person to the control of the Minister, or
(c) an order in force under section 10 of this Act whereby the Minister administering the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 or the Commissioner of Corrective Services has directed the transfer of a juvenile inmate from a correctional centre or juvenile correctional centre, as the case may be, to a detention centre.
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network means the statutory health corporation of that name specified in Schedule 2 to the Health Services Act 1997.
juvenile inmate means an inmate who is under the age of 21 years.
juvenile justice officer means a member of staff of the Department who is principally involved in the administration of this or any other Act administered by the Minister, and includes any member of staff of the Department who is in the branch of the Department known as Juvenile Justice.
medical officer, in relation to a detention centre, means a medical officer appointed for the detention centre as referred to in section 37G.
misbehaviour, in relation to a detainee, means—
(a) an offence under section 37A, or
(b) behaviour prescribed by the regulations.
older detainee means a detainee who is of or above the age of 16 years.
person on remand means—
(a) a child who is an accused person within the meaning of the Bail Act 2013 and who has not been released on bail under that Act,
(b) a person who is an accused person within the meaning of the Bail Act 2013 and who has not been released on bail under that Act, being a person who is charged before the Children’s Court, or
(c) a person who is an accused person within the meaning of the Bail Act 2013 and who has not been released on bail under that Act, being a person who is a person on remand by virtue of an order referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of detention order.
person subject to control means a person who is the subject of a detention order, but does not include a person who is a person on remand by virtue of an order referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of detention order.
regulation means a regulation made under this Act.
Review Panel means the Serious Young Offenders Review Panel constituted by this Act.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
Victims Register means the register kept under section 100A.
Note.
The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.
(2) In this Act—
(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty, and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
(3) In this Act a reference to the Minister administering the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 includes a reference to a person authorised by that Minister to exercise the functions of that Minister under this Act.
(4) In this Act a reference to a person who is absent from a detention centre includes a reference to a person who has been removed or discharged from a detention centre pursuant to an order under section 24.
(5) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.
s 3: Am 1987, Sch 1 (1); 1988 No 40, Sch 1 (1); 1989 No 54, sec 4; 1992 No 105, Sch 2; 1999 No 85, Sch 1.6 [2]–[4]; 1999 No 94, Schs 4.5 [1]–[4], 4.83; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.39 [1]; 2002 No 1, Sch 2 [1]; 2004 No 103, Sch 2 [1]–[4]; 2006 No 41, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2008 No 55, Sch 1 [1]; 2012 No 8, Sch 1 [1]; 2013 No 1, Sch 1.4 [1]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.5 [1]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.17 [2]; 2018 No 94, Sch 1.1 [1]; 2019 No 10, Sch 1.3 [1] [2]; 2023 No 39, Sch 6.3[1]; 2025 No 61, Sch 2.9[1] [2]; 2025 No 62, Sch 6[1].