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YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 (NO 32 OF 2005) - SECT 181

Interpretation

    In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears –

"corresponding detention centre", means an establishment in a State in which interstate detainees serve a period of detention;

"corresponding Minister" means the minister of a State responsible for youths in that State who have had imposed on them a sentence of detention;

"detainee" includes a youth the subject of a direction given under section 21 of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act , but does not include an interstate detainee or a youth on remand to stand trial for an offence;

"interstate detainee" means a youth in a State who is 10 or more years of age and who has had a sentence of detention imposed on him or her;

"State" means a State or another Territory;

"superintendent" in relation to a corresponding detention centre, means the person in charge of the corresponding detention centre;

"transfer order" means an order made under section 184(1) to transfer a detainee to a State.



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