Youth Justice Act 2024
684Serving sentence of detention in youth justice custodial centre and held in custody elsewhere
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684 Serving sentence of detention in youth justice custodial centre and held in custody elsewhere
(1) If a child or young person serving a sentence of detention in a youth justice custodial centre is brought before a court under section 563 or under any warrant or order of the Magistrates' Court, the child or young person is taken to be continuing to serve that sentence of detention even if the child or young person is held in custody in a prison, police gaol or other place that is not a youth justice custodial centre, unless that sentence of detention has been suspended under section 682.
(2) If a child or young person who is sentenced to detention in a youth justice custodial centre is being held in custody in a prison, police gaol or other place that is not a youth justice custodial centre, the child or young person is taken to be serving that sentence of detention even if the child or young person is being held in custody otherwise than in a youth justice custodial centre, unless that sentence of detention has been suspended under section 682.
(3) If the sentence of detention has been suspended under section 682, the child or young person is taken to be serving the sentence of imprisonment while being held in custody in a police gaol or other place that is not a prison.
Chapter 14—Multi-agency panels and high risk panel
Part 14.1—Multi-agency panels
685 Secretary may establish multi-agency panels
(1) The Secretary may establish one or more multi‑agency panels.
(2) A multi-agency panel may be established for—
(a) a particular purpose; or
(b) a particular place; or
(c) a particular class or group of children or young persons.