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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.213Court may order detention period to be cumulative
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### sec.213 Court may order detention period to be cumulative
If, at the time a court makes a detention order against a child for an offence, the child—
is serving; or
has been sentenced to serve;
a period of detention for another offence, the court may order the period of detention under the court’s detention order to take effect from the end of the other period of detention.
Subsection (1) applies even if the other period of detention has to be served concurrently or cumulatively with a period of detention for an offence other than the one for which the court makes the detention order.
(sec.213-ssec.1) If, at the time a court makes a detention order against a child for an offence, the child— is serving; or has been sentenced to serve; a period of detention for another offence, the court may order the period of detention under the court’s detention order to take effect from the end of the other period of detention.
(sec.213-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies even if the other period of detention has to be served concurrently or cumulatively with a period of detention for an offence other than the one for which the court makes the detention order.
- (a) is serving; or
- (b) has been sentenced to serve;