Remand Centres Regulations Amendment (ACT)

Remand Centres Regulations Amendment

Subordinate Law 2000 No 45

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulations under the Remand Centres Act 1976.

Dated 31 October 2000.

gary humphries

Minister

brendan smyth

Minister

1. Commencement

   These regulations commence on the day they are notified in the Gazette.

2. Regulations amended

   These regulations amend the Remand Centres Regulations 1976.

3. Substitution

   Regulation 2 is omitted and the following regulation substituted:

“2       Definitions for regulations

In these regulations:

administrator—see the Act, section 6.

minister of religion means a person who is registered under Part IV, Division 1 (Authorization of Ministers of Religion and other persons as celebrants) of the Marriage Act 1961 (Cwlth).

the Act means the Remand Centres Act 1976.”.

1. Substitution

   Part IV is omitted and the following Part substituted:

“PART 4—TRANSFER OF PEOPLE REMANDED

“23     Notice of transfers from the Territory

“(1)     The administrator must give the Minister written notice for each quarter (the quarterly notice) as soon as practicable, but within 14 days, after the end of the quarter.

“(2)     The quarterly notice must state—

(a)the name of each remandee transferred to a remand centre or other institution outside the Territory during the quarter; and

(b)the circumstances that made the transfer of the remandee necessary or desirable; and

(c)the criteria relied on in deciding to transfer the remandee.

“(3)     Within 14 days after receiving the notice, the Minister must give a copy of the quarterly notice to the Legislative Assembly Standing Committee the terms of which include an examination of matters related to the administration of justice.

“(4)     For this regulation:

quarter means a quarter of the financial year.

remandee means a person remanded into the administrator’s custody.”.

Endnotes

Regulations amended

1. Republished as in force on 31 January 1997.  See also Acts 1997 No 70 and 1999 Nos 20, 64 and 66.

Notification

1. Notified in Gazette 2000 No 45 on 9 November  2000.

© Australian Capital Territory 2000