New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INEBRIATES ACT 1912 - SECT 13

13 Institutions for inebriates committed under sec 11

(1) The Governor may establish institutions for the reception, control and treatment of inebriates who have, under section 11, been ordered to be placed in a State institution, or who, in pursuance of this Act or any Act hereby repealed, have been transferred to any such institution.

(2) The Governor may appoint a Visiting Magistrate, who shall exercise in respect of a State institution the same powers and jurisdiction as are conferred on a Visiting Magistrate in respect of a correctional centre under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .

(3) The Commissioner of Corrective Services shall, subject to the control of the Governor, have the care, direction, and control of such institution and the custody of all persons placed therein.

(4) All the keepers and under-keepers of such institutions and the assistants of such keepers and under-keepers and all other persons required and employed for the safety and care of such institutions and of the inebriates detained therein shall be nominated and appointed by the Commissioner of Corrective Services, subject to the approbation of the Governor.