Youth Justice Act 1992

If a person turns 18 years while being held on remand or serving a period of detention in a detention centre, the person must be transferred to a corrective services facility to be held on remand or to serve the remaining period of detention as a term of imprisonment.

The transfer under subsection (1) must be made—

if a direction about the person is given under section 276D and the chief executive revokes the direction—within 30 days after the direction is revoked; or

otherwise—within 30 days after the day the person turns 18 years.

A failure to comply with subsection (2) does not affect—

the requirement to transfer the person under subsection (1); or

the validity of a transfer under subsection (1).

The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after becoming aware that a person is likely to be transferred under this section, give the chief executive (corrective services) a notice stating the following—

the person’s name;

the day the transfer is likely to occur;

if the person is serving a period of detention—

the period of detention the person remains liable to serve when the notice is given; and

the day on which the person is required to be released from detention under section 227.

The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after the day of the transfer is known, give the chief executive (corrective services) a notice stating the following—

the person’s name;

the day of the transfer;

if the person is serving a period of detention—

the period of detention the person remains liable to serve after the day of the transfer; and

the day on which the person is required to be released from detention under section 227.