New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 18

18 Report to Minister on segregated or protective custody direction

(1) As soon as practicable after confirming a segregated or protective custody direction, the Commissioner must give written notice of that fact to the Minister, giving reasons for the confirmation direction, if:

(a) the confirmation direction will result in the inmate being subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months, or

(b) the inmate has already been subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months.

(2) This section does not apply to a direction confirming a protective custody direction that was given at the request of an inmate.