Remand Centres Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Remand Centres Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 34 of 19962

The Australian Capital Territory Executive, in accordance with section 5 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, makes the following Regulations under the Remand Centres Act 1976.

Dated 23 December 1996.

gary humphries

Minister

tony de domenico

Minister

Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which section 4 of the Remand Centres (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1996 commences.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Remand Centres Regulations.

Addition

3.  The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Part:

“Part iv—transfer of persons remanded

Notice of transfer

“23.  (1)  Where a person remanded into the Administrator’s custody is transferred to a remand centre or other institution outside the Territory, the Administrator shall, as soon as practicable after the transfer, notify the Attorney-General in writing that the transfer has occurred.

“(2)  A notice under subsection (1) shall include the following:

(a)the circumstances that made the transfer necessary or desirable;

(b)the criteria relied on in deciding to transfer the particular individual.

“(3)  The Attorney-General shall, as soon as practicable after being notified in accordance with subsection (1), cause a copy of the notice to be provided to the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs of the Legislative Assembly.”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 31 October 1991.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 24 December 1996.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1996