New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 22

22 Orders may relate to transfer of defendants by certain persons

(1) An order by a Magistrate or authorised justice may provide that a defendant--

(a) in the case of a defendant who is under the age of 18 years, be taken to or from a place by a juvenile justice officer, or

(b) in the case of any defendant, be taken to or from a place by a person of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(2) A function conferred on a juvenile justice officer under an order is taken to be a function under the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987 and the juvenile justice officer has the same functions in respect of the defendant as the officer has in respect of a detainee under that Act and the regulations under that Act.

(3) If a correctional officer has power under an order to take a defendant to or from a place, that power is taken to be a function under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 and the correctional officer has the same functions in respect of the defendant as the officer has in respect of an inmate under that Act and the regulations under that Act.

(4) In this section--

"correctional officer" has the same meaning as in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .