Remand Centres (Amendment) Act 1987 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1987

No. 30 of 1987

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 18 June 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Remand Centres Ordinance 1976

Short title

1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the  Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.1

Commencement

2.  This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed by the Minister of State for Territories by notice in the Gazette.

Principal Ordinance

3.  In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Remand Centres Ordinance 1976.2

Interpretation

4.  Section 3 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a)by omitting the definition of “Chief Magistrate”;

(b)by inserting after the definition of “New South Wales institution” the following definition:

“ ‘Official Visitor’ means a person appointed under section 6A;”;

and

(c)by omitting the definition of “visiting magistrate”.

5.  After section 6 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is inserted:

Official Visitors—appointment and remuneration

“6A.  (1)  The Minister shall appoint 2 Official Visitors for the purposes of this Ordinance.

“(2)  The Official Visitors shall be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal  but, if no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in force, the Official Visitors shall be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.

“(3)  The Official Visitors shall be paid such allowances as are prescribed.

“(4)  This section has effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.”.

Official Visitors—duties

6.  Section 24 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a)by omitting subsection (1);

(b)by omitting from subsection (2) “The visiting magistrate” and substituting “An Official Visitor”; and

(c)by omitting from subsection  (3) “the visiting magistrate” and substituting “an Official Visitor”.

Complaints by detainees

7.  Section 25 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a)by omitting from subsection (1) “the visiting magistrate” and substituting “an Official Visitor”;

(b)by omitting from subsection (2) “visiting magistrate” and substituting “Official Visitor”;

(c)by omitting from subsection (3) “The visiting magistrate” and substituting “An Official Visitor”.

Notification of complaints, &c.

8.  Section 26 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting “visiting magistrate” and substituting “Official Visitor”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1987.

2. No. 48, 1976 as amended by No. 1, 1978; No. 19, 1982; No. 67, 1983; No. 67, 1985; Nos. 14 and 25, 1986.