Queensland Consolidated Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 276B

276B Particular detainees liable to be transferred to corrective services facility

(1) The following persons are liable to be transferred to a corrective services facility—

(a) a person in detention who—

(i) turns 18 years while serving a period of detention; and

(ii) is liable to serve a remaining period of detention of 2 months or more;

(b) a person beginning detention who—

(i) is 18 years or older when beginning detention; and

(ii) is liable to serve a remaining period of detention of 2 months or more.

(2) For this section, the
"remaining period of detention" for a person—

(a) is taken to start—

(i) if turning 18 years during detention—on the day the person turns 18 years; or

(ii) if 18 years or older when beginning detention—on the day the person begins detention; and

(b) is taken to end—

(i) at the conclusion of all periods of detention that the person is liable to serve cumulatively; but

(ii) no later than the day the person is required to be released from detention under section 227 .

(3) In this section—

"beginning detention" includes returning to detention to continue or complete a period of detention because of a contravention of a conditional release order or supervised release order.