Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Corrections Act 1986 - SECT 10

PART 3 PRISONS AND POLICE GAOLS

Establishment of prisons

10. Establishment of prisons



(1) The Governor in Council may by Order appoint any premises or place to be a
prison.

(2) The name of a prison is the name given to it in the Order establishing it.

(3) The maximum number of persons to be detained in a prison is the number (if
any) stated in the Order establishing it.

(3A) The Governor in Council may by Order revoke the appointment of any place
or premises as a prison, including a place or premises listed in column 2 of
Schedule 2.

(4) An Order under subsection (1) or (3A) comes into operation on its making
or on a later date stated in the Order.

(5) The Minister must within seven days after the making of an Order under
subsection (1) or (3A) publish a copy of the Order in the Government Gazette.

(6) Each of the premises and places which were prisons under Part V of the
Community Services Act 1970 as in force immediately before the commencement of
this section and were known by the names listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 is
deemed to be appointed as a prison under this section by the name given to it
in column 2 of that Schedule.

(7) Upon the name of a prison being changed a reference in an Act other than
this Act, a subordinate instrument or a document to the prison by its old name
is deemed to be a reference to the prison by its new name.