CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 10
Segregated custody of inmates
CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 10
Segregated custody of inmates
10 Segregated custody of inmates
(1) The Commissioner may direct that an
inmate be held in segregated custody if of the opinion that such segregation
is necessary to secure--
(a) the personal safety of any other person, or
(b)
the security of a correctional centre, or
(c) good order and discipline
within a correctional centre.
(2) The governor of a correctional centre may
exercise the Commissioner's functions under this section in relation to the
correctional centre and, on each occasion he or she does so, must notify the
Commissioner of that fact and of the grounds on which the segregated custody
direction was given.
(3) A segregated custody direction given by the governor
of a correctional centre does not apply in relation to any other correctional
centre.
