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Corrections Management Act 2007
217APower of court to bring detainee before it—civil
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217A Power of court to bring detainee before it—civil
proceeding
(1) For a civil proceeding, a court may order the director-general to bring
a person lawfully detained in a correctional centre or other place
before the court, if the person consents, and to return the person to the
centre or other place in accordance with the order.
(2) In this section:
civil proceeding—
(a) see the Evidence Act 2011, dictionary, part 1; and
(b) includes an examination before the integrity commission.
court includes—
(a) the ACAT; and
(b) the integrity commission.