Escort officers
144F Escort officers
The director-general may direct an escort officer to escort a person who is taken to be in the director-general’s custody to or from a secure mental health facility, other than to or from a court.
For transfers to or from a court, see s 144B.
To remove any doubt—
the escort officer is authorised to have custody of the person for the purposes of escorting the person; and
the person is also taken to be in the custody of the director‑general; and
this section is additional to, and does not limit, any other provision relating to the escorting of a person under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another territory.
In this section:
escort officer, in relation to a person, means—
an authorised health practitioner under the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016; or
an authorised person under the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016; or
a police officer; or
a corrections officer if the corrections director-general has agreed to the officer having the function of escorting the person under this chapter; or
a youth detention officer if the CYP director-general has agreed to the officer having the function of escorting the person under this chapter.
youth detention officer—see the Children and Young People Act 2008, section 96.
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