Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 276U

276U Childrens Court to hear and decide application

(1) The Childrens Court must hear and decide a review of the chief executive’s decision by way of a fresh hearing on the merits.

(2) The Childrens Court may—

(a) decide that the detainee not be transferred to a corrective services facility; or

(b) affirm the transfer day stated in the prison transfer notice given to the detainee; or

(c) decide a new day for the transfer of the detainee to a corrective services facility for the purposes of the prison transfer notice (the
"new transfer day" ).

(3) The new transfer day must be a day—

(a) no earlier than the day the detainee becomes liable to be transferred to a corrective services facility under section 276B ; and

(b) no more than 6 months after the detainee turns 18 years.

(4) The proceeding on the application must be heard by the Childrens Court constituted by a Childrens Court judge.