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Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988
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11 Escape from custody of young offender being transferred from New South Wales
(1) A young offender;
(a) who is in custody under an arrangement made for his or her transfer from New South Wales to another State, and
(b) who escapes or attempts to escape from that custody while he or she is not within New South Wales or the receiving State,
is guilty of an offence against this Act and is liable to imprisonment for not more than 3 months.
(2) Sections 28A–28F of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 apply to a person who commits an offence under this section as if the offence were a detention centre offence as defined by section 28C of that Act.