14Lawful custody for transit through New South Wales

14 Lawful custody for transit through New South Wales

14 Lawful custody for transit through New South Wales

(1) The Director-General may authorise the centre manager of a detention centre to receive, at the detention centre, young offenders being transferred through New South Wales from one State to another in accordance with an agreement.

(2) If a young offender is brought into New South Wales by an escort authorised by such an agreement to have custody of the young offender:

(a) while in New South Wales, the escort for the time being is authorised to take and keep custody of the young offender for the purposes of the transfer, and

(b) a centre manager authorised under this section may (at the request of the escort for the time being and upon receiving from the escort written authority for the transfer of the young offender as provided in the agreement):

(i) receive and detain the young offender at the detention centre, in such custody and for such time as the escort requests, if it is reasonably necessary for the purposes of the transfer, and

(ii) at the end of that time, deliver the young offender into the custody of the escort.

(3) In this section:

centre manager means the person for the time being in charge of a detention centre.

s 14: Am 1999 No 85, Sch 1.7 [4].