Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Section 17(1), words after paragraph (b)--
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'commits an offence, and is liable to punishment, to the same extent as if the young offender had escaped or attempted to escape in Queensland from detention under the Youth Justice Act 1992.'.
(2) Section 17(2)--
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'(2) If the young offender is sentenced to a period of detention or term of imprisonment for the offence against subsection (1), the detention or imprisonment must be served after the expiration of any current period of detention or imprisonment.
'(3) The period for which the young offender was unlawfully at large must not be counted as part of any current period of detention or imprisonment.
'(4) In this section--
current period of detention or imprisonment, in relation to a young offender who commits an offence against subsection (1), means a period of detention or term of imprisonment that the young offender was liable to serve at the time of the offence.'.