Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The director-general may direct an escort officer to escort a person who is taken to be in the director-general's custody to or from a secure mental health facility, other than to or from a court.
Note For transfers to or from a court, see s 144B.
(2) To remove any doubt—
(a) the escort officer is authorised to have custody of the person for the purposes of escorting the person; and
(b) the person is also taken to be in the custody of the director-general; and
(c) this section is additional to, and does not limit, any other provision relating to the escorting of a person under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another territory.
(3) In this section:
"escort officer", in relation to a person, means—
(a) an authorised health practitioner under the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016
; or
(b) an authorised person under the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016
; or
(c) a police officer; or
(d) a corrections officer if the corrections director-general has agreed to the officer having the function of escorting the person under this chapter; or
(e) a youth detention officer if the CYP director-general has agreed to the officer having the function of escorting the person under this chapter.
"youth detention officer"—see the Children and Young People Act 2008