Correctional Services Act 2014
8Committal or remand into the custody of the Commissioner
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8 Committal or remand into the custody of the Commissioner (1) For this Act, a person is committed or remanded into the custody of the Commissioner if a court, or a person or other body with authority to do so, orders that the person: (a) is committed or remanded into the custody of the (b) is committed or remanded to a, or to a particular, custodial correctional facility (however described); or (c) is committed to custody. (2) However, subsection (1)(c) does not apply: (a) in relation to a youth; or (b) if the person is committed to the custody of the sheriff by a court exercising civil jurisdiction or in proceedings for contempt; or (c) if the person is committed to custody at a specified place, or to the custody of a specified person. Example for subsection (2)(c) A person committed under section 43ZA(1)(a)(ii) of the Criminal Code to a place the court considers appropriate. Such a person is not committed or remanded into the custody of the Commissioner.