New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 54

54 Reference of offences to Visiting Magistrate

(1) The general manager may refer a correctional centre offence with which an inmate is charged to a Visiting Magistrate for hearing and determination if the general manager considers that, because of the serious nature of the offence, it should be referred to a Visiting Magistrate.

(2) A charge may be referred to a Visiting Magistrate without any inquiry being conducted by the general manager, or may be so referred during or after any such inquiry.