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181 Definitions
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
corresponding detention centre, means an establishment in a
State in which interstate detainees serve a period of detention.
corresponding Minister means the minister of a State responsible
for youths in that State who have had imposed on them a sentence
of detention.
detainee includes a youth who has been transferred to a detention
centre under section 64 of the Correctional Services Act 2014, but
does not include an interstate detainee or a youth on remand to
stand trial for an offence.
interstate detainee means a youth in a State who is 10 years of
age or older and who has had a sentence of detention imposed on
him or her.
State means a State or another Territory.
superintendent in relation to a corresponding detention centre,
means the person in charge of the corresponding detention centre.
transfer order means an order made under section 184(1) to
transfer a detainee to a State.