New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG COURT ACT 1998 - SECT 14A

14A Warrants of committal

(1) For the purpose of subjecting a drug offender to imprisonment in a correctional centre as referred to in section 8A or 16 (2) (f), the Drug Court may issue a warrant committing the drug offender to a correctional centre.

(2) A warrant under this section:

(a) authorises any police officer to have custody of the drug offender named in the warrant, to convey the drug offender to the correctional centre specified in the warrant and to deliver the drug offender into the custody of the governor of that correctional centre, and

(b) authorises the governor of the correctional centre specified in the warrant to have custody of the drug offender named in the warrant for the period of time specified in the warrant.

(3) The Drug Court’s functions under this section may be exercised by the registrar.