Children Act, 2001
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Transfer. |
152.—(1) The Minister may direct the transfer of a child from a children detention centre to another such centre to serve the whole or any part of the unexpired residue of his or her period of detention. | |
(2) Notwithstanding any provision in any enactment, no child shall be transferred from any place of custody to a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Act of 1970 or prison. | ||
(3) In this section “place of custody” means a junior remand centre, a remand centre, a children detention school or a children detention centre. | ||
(4) Subject to section 155 (4), a child may not be transferred from a children detention school to a children detention centre. | ||
(5) A child may be transferred from a children detention centre to a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Act of 1970 or prison only on attaining 18 years of age. | ||
(6) A child aged 16 or 17 years detained in a place of detention provided under section 2 of the Act of 1970 or prison may be transferred to a children detention centre. |