New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NEW SOUTH WALES CRIME COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 16A

16A Appearance of inmate before Commission

(1) If the Commission requires an inmate to appear before it at a hearing, the Commission may, by order in writing served on the governor of the correctional centre in whose custody the inmate is, direct the governor to produce the inmate, or have the inmate produced, at the time and place stated in the order.

(2) Such an order is sufficient authority to the governor of the correctional centre for producing the inmate or having the inmate produced, and the inmate must be produced accordingly.

(3) An inmate is, when produced under this section in the actual custody of the governor of the correctional centre, a correctional officer or a police officer, taken to be in lawful custody.

(4) The governor, correctional officer or police officer must in due course return the inmate to the correctional centre.

(5) In this section, "correctional centre", "governor of a correctional centre" and "inmate" have the same meanings as "correctional centre", "governor" and "inmate" have in the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 .