146ATreatment of youth in prison and prisoner in detention centre

146A Treatment of youth in prison and prisoner in detention centre

[Section 146A Inserted by No. 1 of 2003, s. 21, Applied:16 Apr 2003]

(1)  In this section –

prescribed detention centre means –

(a) a detention centre that is not also a prison; and

(b) a detention centre that is also a prison but whose primary use is as a detention centre for the purposes of detaining youths serving sentences of detention under this Act;

prescribed prison means –

(a) a prison that is not also a detention centre; and

(b) a prison that is also a detention centre but whose primary use is as a prison for the purposes of incarcerating prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment;

prison has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1997 ;

prisoner has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1997 .

(2)  If a youth is serving a sentence of detention, or part of a sentence of detention, in a prescribed prison, section 83C(3) of the Corrections Act 1997 applies.

(3)  If a prisoner is serving a sentence of imprisonment, or part of a sentence of imprisonment, in a prescribed detention centre, this Part applies as if the prisoner were a detainee serving a sentence of detention unless, and except in so far as, the Secretary determines that the Corrections Act 1997 is to apply to that prisoner.