New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 13

13 Care of persons pending proceedings

(1) If an officer or member of the police force removes a person from any premises under section 11 or 12, the officer or member of the police force shall forthwith place the person in the care of the Director-General at a place approved by the Minister for the purposes of this section.

(2) If a person has been removed from any premises under section 12 and placed in the care of the Director-General, the Director-General shall not keep the person in his or her care for more than 3 days unless the Director-General has, before the expiration of that period, made an application for a guardianship order in respect of the person.