QLDIn ForceAct
Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.276BPersons who turn 18 years before period of detention begins
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### sec.276B Persons who turn 18 years before period of detention begins
This section applies if—
a detention order is made against a person for an offence committed by the person as a child; and
the person is 18 years or more when—
the person’s period of detention under the detention order begins; or
the person returns to detention to continue or complete a period of detention under the detention order, including, for example, because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.
The person must serve, continue or complete the period of detention under the detention order as a term of imprisonment in a corrective services facility.
The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that a person is to enter a corrective services facility under this section, give the chief executive (corrective services) a notice stating the following—
the person’s name;
the period of detention the person is liable to serve;
the day on which the person is required to be released from detention under section 227 .
s 276B ins 2009 No. 34 s 39
sub 2014 No. 9 s 20 ; 2016 No. 39 s 30
amd 2023 No. 3 s 30
sub 2024 No. 45 s 126 ; 2024 No. 54 s 33
(sec.276B-ssec.1) This section applies if— a detention order is made against a person for an offence committed by the person as a child; and the person is 18 years or more when— the person’s period of detention under the detention order begins; or the person returns to detention to continue or complete a period of detention under the detention order, including, for example, because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.
(sec.276B-ssec.2) The person must serve, continue or complete the period of detention under the detention order as a term of imprisonment in a corrective services facility.
(sec.276B-ssec.3) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that a person is to enter a corrective services facility under this section, give the chief executive (corrective services) a notice stating the following— the person’s name; the period of detention the person is liable to serve; the day on which the person is required to be released from detention under section 227 .
- (a) a detention order is made against a person for an offence committed by the person as a child; and
- (b) the person is 18 years or more when— (i) the person’s period of detention under the detention order begins; or (ii) the person returns to detention to continue or complete a period of detention under the detention order, including, for example, because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.
- (i) the person’s period of detention under the detention order begins; or
- (ii) the person returns to detention to continue or complete a period of detention under the detention order, including, for example, because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.
- (i) the person’s period of detention under the detention order begins; or
- (ii) the person returns to detention to continue or complete a period of detention under the detention order, including, for example, because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.
- (a) the person’s name;
- (b) the period of detention the person is liable to serve;
- (c) the day on which the person is required to be released from detention under section 227 .