(1) Notwithstanding sections 32 and 46, the Minister responsible for Social Welfare or Interior may transfer an offender

(a) who is a juvenile, from prison to a Junior Centre; or

(b) who is a young person, from prison to a Senior Correctional Centre if the Minister considers it in the best interest of the offender to do so.

(2) The juvenile or young offender shall serve the whole or any part of the unexpired period of the sentence imposed by the court at the centre of transfer; and while detained or placed on licence from the centre, the provisions of this Part shall apply to the juvenile or young offender as if the juvenile or young offender had been originally ordered to be placed there.