Transfer following imposition of concurrent prison sentence
36A Transfer following imposition of concurrent prison sentence
If a youth who is serving a sentence of detention or imprisonment in a training centre (the youth sentence) is sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed after turning 18 years of age and that sentence is to be served concurrently with the youth sentence, the sentencing court must, unless satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances as to why such a direction should not be made, direct that the youth be transferred to a prison to serve those sentences.
The Correctional Services
Act 1982 applies to and in relation to a youth transferred to a prison under this section.
For the purposes of this section, a sentence of detention includes an order for detention issued for the enforcement of a community service order.
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