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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 - SECT 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.



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