Youth Justice Act 1992

This section applies to a person who, at the commencement—

is 17 years or more and is serving a period of detention; and

is not subject to an order made under the pre-amended Act, section 276B or 276C; and

will have 6 months or more to be served in detention.

The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after the commencement, comply with section 276C.

For subsection (2)—

a reference in section 276C to a child includes a reference to the person; and

a requirement under section 276C(1) to give a prison transfer direction within 28 days after the person is sentenced to serve a period of detention is taken to be a requirement to give a prison transfer direction before, or as soon as practicable after, the commencement of this subsection; and

a reference in section 276C(2) and (3) to the transfer day is, for the person, taken to be a reference to the commencement of this subsection; and

a reference in section 276C(2) to the unserved period of detention is, for the person, taken to be a reference to the part of the period of detention that the person would have to serve under a detention order if the prison transfer direction was not given.