119Appropriate authority can vary times

119 Appropriate authority can vary times (1) The appropriate authority may grant a youth leave of absence from a period of detention or imprisonment: (a) for health reasons; or (b) on compassionate grounds; or (c) for any other reason the appropriate authority considers sufficient. (2) Leave of absence may be granted either before or after the detention or imprisonment period to which it relates. (3) If the appropriate authority refuses to grant leave of absence to a youth in relation to one or more detention or imprisonment periods, the youth may apply to the Youth Justice Court and the Court may, if it considers it appropriate, direct that leave of absence be granted in respect of all or any of those detention or imprisonment periods. (4) An application under subsection (3) must be made within 21 days after the refusal. (5) If the Court directs that leave of absence be granted, the appropriate authority is taken to have granted leave of absence for each detention or imprisonment period specified by the Court. (6) A youth who is granted leave of absence from a period of detention or imprisonment: (a) is not taken to be serving that period of detention or imprisonment for the purposes of the youth's sentence; and (b) must continue to report under the periodic detention order until the specified number of detention or imprisonment periods have been served.