Children (Interstate Transfer of Offenders) Act 1988
17Revocation of transfer order on escape from custody
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17 Revocation of transfer order on escape from custody
17 Revocation of transfer order on escape from custody
(1) The Children’s Court may revoke a transfer order on application made to it by the Director-General that the young offender to whom it applies has, while being transferred, committed:
(a) the offence of escaping or attempting to escape, or
(b) any other offence.
(2) This section applies whether:
(a) the offence concerned was an offence against the law of New South Wales or of the receiving State or of a State through which the young offender was being transferred, or
(b) an information has been laid or a conviction secured in respect of the offence concerned or not.