Youth Justice Act 2005

A detainee must not escape or attempt to escape from lawful detention under this Act.

For subsection (1), escape from lawful detention includes the following:

escaping from a detention centre;

escaping or absconding while being transferred from one detention centre to another detention centre;

escaping or absconding while away from a detention centre for the purpose of appearing in court;

escaping or absconding while absent from a detention centre to attend a hospital under section 151(3)(e) or 178;

escaping or absconding while absent from a detention centre under section 165;

escaping while being transferred to a State in accordance with a transfer order under Part 11.

If a detainee escapes from lawful detention under this Act, the term of detention to be served by the detainee does not run during the period the detainee remains at large.

A person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) is liable to detention or imprisonment for 6 months in addition to the period of detention originally ordered by the Court.