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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.282Detainees trust fund to be kept
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### sec.282 Detainees trust fund to be kept
The chief executive must keep a detainees trust fund.
All amounts received by the chief executive, or anyone else under an arrangement with the chief executive, for a detainee must be paid into the detainees trust fund.
Amounts in the detainees trust fund to the credit of a detainee—
may be spent by the detainee, with the chief executive’s consent; and
must be paid by the chief executive to the public trustee, if the public trustee is managing the detainee’s estate and the public trustee requests the payment; and
must be paid by the chief executive to the detainee on being discharged or being released on parole or under a supervised release order under this Act; and
must be paid by the chief executive to the chief executive (corrective services) if the detainee is transferred from the chief executive’s custody to the custody of the chief executive (corrective services).
In this section—
detainee means a person in the custody of the chief executive under this Act.
s 282 ins 1998 No. 39 s 58
amd 1999 No. 9 s 3 sch ; 2002 No. 39 s 108
(sec.282-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep a detainees trust fund.
(sec.282-ssec.2) All amounts received by the chief executive, or anyone else under an arrangement with the chief executive, for a detainee must be paid into the detainees trust fund.
(sec.282-ssec.3) Amounts in the detainees trust fund to the credit of a detainee— may be spent by the detainee, with the chief executive’s consent; and must be paid by the chief executive to the public trustee, if the public trustee is managing the detainee’s estate and the public trustee requests the payment; and must be paid by the chief executive to the detainee on being discharged or being released on parole or under a supervised release order under this Act; and must be paid by the chief executive to the chief executive (corrective services) if the detainee is transferred from the chief executive’s custody to the custody of the chief executive (corrective services).
(sec.282-ssec.4) In this section— detainee means a person in the custody of the chief executive under this Act.
- (a) may be spent by the detainee, with the chief executive’s consent; and
- (b) must be paid by the chief executive to the public trustee, if the public trustee is managing the detainee’s estate and the public trustee requests the payment; and
- (c) must be paid by the chief executive to the detainee on being discharged or being released on parole or under a supervised release order under this Act; and
- (d) must be paid by the chief executive to the chief executive (corrective services) if the detainee is transferred from the chief executive’s custody to the custody of the chief executive (corrective services).