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Crimes (Sentencing) Act 2005
133HYoung offenders—imprisonment to be at detention place
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133H Young offenders—imprisonment to be at detention place
(1) This section applies (instead of section 10 (3)) if a court sentences a
young offender to imprisonment and the young offender is under
21 years old when the sentence is imposed.
(2) The sentence must be served by full-time detention at a detention
place unless the young offender is—
(a) released from full-time detention under this Act or another
territory law; or
(b) transferred to a correctional centre under the Children and
Young People Act 2008.