Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 276B

276B Particular detainees liable to be transferred to corrective services facility

(1) The following persons are liable to be transferred from a detention centre to a corrective services facility under this division—

(a) a person in detention who turns 18 years while serving a period of detention;

(b) a person beginning detention who is 18 years or older when beginning detention;

(c) a person who is remanded in custody in detention in relation to a charge of an offence and who turns 18 years during the period of remand;

(d) a person who is 18 years or older when remanded in custody in detention in relation to a charge of a child offence.

(2) In this section—

"beginning detention" includes returning to detention to continue or complete a period of detention because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.

"child offence" means an offence committed by a child.