252Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer

252 Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer

252 Places where persons in custody may be kept during transfer

(1) While being transferred from one place to another, a person in custody may be accommodated in a correctional centre, police station or court cell complex if it is necessary or convenient to do so.

(2) If a person being transferred is under the age of 18 years, the person may also be accommodated in a detention centre (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987) if it is necessary or convenient to do so.

(3) A person detained in a detention centre under this section is taken to be a detainee (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987), as if the person were a person on remand, for the period during which the person is detained in a detention centre under this section.

s 252: Am 2008 No 108, Sch 1 [33].