Transfer to Forensic Hospital Procedure

This procedure is used when a young person has been assessed under section 55 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990  and needs to be transferred from a Youth Justice Centre to a forensic hospital.

This procedure applies to young people in custody who are patients at a Youth Justice Centre.

A juvenile correctional patient is a young person who has been transferred from a Youth Justice Centre to the forensic hospital (Bronte Adolescent Forensic Unit) while serving a sentence, or while on remand, and who have not been classified by the Tribunal as an involuntary patient. 

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Download Youth Justice Transfer to Forensic Hospital Procedure PDF 462.97KB File last updated on: 17 August 2022.

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Type: Policy
Author: Youth Justice NSW
Publication Date: 18 February 2010
Version: 1

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