Young Offenders (Interstate Transfer) Act 1987

A young offender who escapes from the custody of an escort while being transferred through Queensland from one State to another under an agreement may be apprehended without warrant by the escort, any police officer or any officer of the department.

Where a young offender being transferred through Queensland from one State to another in the custody of an escort—

has escaped and been apprehended; or

has attempted to escape;

A warrant issued under subsection (2) may be executed according to its tenor.

A young offender who is the subject of a warrant under subsection (2) shall, as soon as possible, be brought before the Childrens Court which may order—

that the young offender be delivered into the custody of an escort; or

that the young offender be placed in the custody of the permanent head for no longer than 14 days until an escort is available from the sending State to carry out the arrangement or any orders made by a court of that State.

If a young offender who is the subject of an order made under subsection (4)(b) is not, in accordance with the order, delivered into the custody of an escort within a period of 14 days from the making of the order, the order has no further effect.

A reference in this section to an escort in relation to a young offender being transferred through Queensland from one State to another under an agreement is a reference to—

the escort authorised in the manner provided for in the agreement; or

where the young offender has escaped or attempted to escape—

that escort; or

a member of the police force of the sending State; or

a person appointed by the Minister of the sending State by instrument in writing to be an escort for the purposes of carrying out any orders of a court of the sending State;