Youth Justice Act 1997
152Detail to be included in each transfer arrangement
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152 Detail to be included in each transfer arrangement
(1) A transfer arrangement for the transfer of an offender to or from Tasmania must –
(a) provide for the acceptance and means of dealing with the offender in the receiving State; and
(b) specify each order of a court of the sending State to which the offender is subject (including an order that is taken by a previous transfer arrangement with Tasmania or with another State to have been made by a court of the sending State); and
(c) for each order specified under paragraph (b) , specify –
(i) the way in which it is to operate in the receiving State, which must be as similar as possible to the way in which it would operate in the sending State if the transfer arrangement were not made; and
(ii) the maximum time for which it is to operate, which must not be longer than the maximum time for which it would operate in the sending State if the transfer arrangement were not made.
(2) A transfer arrangement for the transfer of an offender from Tasmania to another State must provide for the escort under section 153(1)(b) to be authorised in that State to hold, take and keep custody of the offender for the purpose of transferring the youth to the place and the custody specified in the transfer arrangement.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1) ,
order of a court includes the release of an offender on parole, a supervised release order or under any law which provides for the early release of a person serving a period of imprisonment or detention.