372Registrar may authorise continued detention in secure care until application is determined

1. Where an application is made under section 371(1) in respect of a child or young person, the Registrar of the court in which that application is filed may, on the ex parte application of the chief executive, make an order authorising the continued detention of that child or young person in secure care.

2. An order made under subsection (1) in respect of a child or young person shall, notwithstanding anything in section 370, be sufficient authority to detain that child or young person in secure care until—

3. the application made under section 371(1) in respect of that child or young person is finally determined; or
4. the expiry of the period of 3 days commencing on the date on which that application is made—
whichever first occurs.

5. A Registrar shall not make an order under subsection (1) in respect of a child or young person unless that Registrar is satisfied that it is necessary, on either or both of the grounds specified in section 368, to detain that child or young person in secure care pending the determination of an application under section 371(1).

6. Where an order is made under subsection (1), any person affected by that order may apply at any time for the discharge of that order.

7. The provisions of section 378 shall apply, with all necessary modifications, with respect to every order made under subsection (1) as if such an order were the decision of a court on an application made under section 371.

8. The provisions of section 379 shall apply, with all necessary modifications, with respect to every order made under subsection (1) as if such an order were an approval granted by a court under section 376.