Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

REMAND CENTRES ACT 1976 (REPEALED) - SECT 28

    (1)     The administrator may, subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, release a detainee temporarily from a remand centre—

        (a)     to attend the funeral of a close relative; or

        (b)     to visit an ill relative; or

        (c)     to attend an educational examination; or

        (d)     for such other purposes as the administrator considers necessary.

    (2)     The administrator may not release a detainee under this section for a purpose that would involve the detainee in travel outside the ACT.

    (3)     A detainee released from a remand centre under subsection (1)—

        (a)     is, for this Act, deemed to remain in custody; and

        (b)     is, if he or she fails to return to the remand centre at the expiration of the period of temporary release, deemed to have escaped.

    (4)     In this section:

"detainee" does not include a person detained under section 15 (1) (o) or (p).