Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Children and Young Persons Act 1989 - SECT 242

Transfer to prison

242. Transfer to prison



(1) The Secretary must cause the physical removal of a person from a
youth training centre to a prison on the direction of the Youth Parole Board
under section 240 or 241.

(2) A person directed to be transferred under section 240 or 241, while being
removed from a youth training centre to a prison, is deemed to be in the legal
custody of the officer having the custody of that person and acting under the
direction of the Youth Parole Board and that officer must deliver that person
into the legal custody of the Secretary to the Department of Justice.

(3) A member of the police force may, if requested to do so by the Secretary,
assist the officer referred to in sub-section (2) in the discharge of his or
her duties under that sub-section and, in that case, the person being
transferred is deemed to be in the legal custody of the Chief Commissioner of
Police.

(4) A person transferred to a prison under section 240 or 241 becomes, on
transfer, subject to the jurisdiction of the Adult Parole Board as if the
period of detention served by that person prior to the transfer had been a
non-parole period.

(5) If-

   (a)  a person is transferred to a prison under section 240 or 241; and

   (b)  a warrant for the detention of the person in a youth training centre
        in default of payment of a fine or sum of money is executed-

the Youth Parole Board may further direct that the person be imprisoned in
default of payment of the fine or sum of money.

Subdivision 4-Transfer from Youth Training Centre to Youth Residential Centre