Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 5

In this Act, a "young person "means a person 18 years of age or over (other than a person who is taken under section 4(2) to be a child) who is—

        (a)     sentenced to a term of detention in a youth justice custodial centre under the Sentencing Act 1991 ; or

Example

A person who committed an offence when they were 19 years of age and sentenced as a young offender (within the meaning of the Sentencing Act 1991 ) to a term of detention in a youth justice custodial centre under Subdivision (4) of Division 2 of Part 3 of that Act.

        (b)     sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Sentencing Act 1991 and is—

              (i)     the subject of a direction under Chapter 13 for transfer to a youth justice custodial centre; or

              (ii)     being considered under Chapter 13 for transfer to a youth justice custodial centre.

Note

Until the parole period ends or a young person is otherwise discharged from the sentence of detention, a young person released on parole is regarded as being still under sentence and as not having served their period of detention—see section 635.