Youth Justice Act 1997
121Effect of cancellation of supervised release order after youth reaches 19 years
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121 Effect of cancellation of supervised release order after youth reaches 19 years
[Section 121 Amended by No. 23 of 2016, s. 12, Applied:23 Aug 2016] If a supervised release order is cancelled after the youth in respect of whom it was made has attained the age of 19 years –
(a) [Section 121 Amended by No. 1 of 2003, s. 18, Applied:16 Apr 2003] the youth is to be placed into the custody of the Director of Corrective Services at a prison; and
(b) the relevant detention order is to be taken for all purposes to be a sentence of imprisonment for the period of detention; and
(c) the period served in a detention centre under the detention order is counted as time served in a prison under that sentence of imprisonment; and
(d) any period following the release of the youth under the supervised release order that would, under this Act, be counted as time that the youth served in custody under the detention order if the youth had been less than 19 years of age when the supervised release order was cancelled is counted as time served in a prison under that sentence of imprisonment; and
(e) [Section 121 Amended by No. 1 of 2003, s. 18, Applied:16 Apr 2003] the supervised release order is taken to be a parole order made under the Corrections Act 1997 ; and
(f) [Section 121 Amended by No. 1 of 2003, s. 18, Applied:16 Apr 2003] the contravention of the supervised release order is taken to be a contravention of a parole order made under the Corrections Act 1997 .