Youth Justice Act 1997
109Right to be released
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 109
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Youth Justice Act 1997.
109 Right to be released
(1) [Section 109 Subsection (1) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 9, Applied:23 Aug 2016] A youth serving a period of detention under a detention order must be released from detention under a supervised release order on the earliest release date or, if under section 117 a supervised release order in relation to that detention has been cancelled and the Court has specified a next release date, on the next release date.
(2) [Section 109 Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 9, Applied:23 Aug 2016] If a youth is serving more than one period of detention under one or more detention orders, the youth must be released from detention under a supervised release order on the last occurring of the relevant earliest release dates and relevant next release dates.