6Application of Act—detainees

6 Application of Act—detainees (1) This Act applies to each of the following (each of whom is a detainee): (a) an offender while the offender is required to be imprisoned under full-time detention because of a committal order for the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, part 3.1; (b) a person while the person is remanded in custody because of an order for remand for the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, part 3.2; (c) anyone else while the person is required to be held in custody or detention under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory. Examples—par (c) 1 a person held on a warrant issued under the Royal Commissions Act 1991, section 35 (Apprehension of witnesses failing to appear) 2 a person in immigration detention under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth) 3 an interstate detainee on leave in the ACT held in custody overnight

Preliminary Chapter 1 (2) However, the application of this Act is subject to the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, part 4.3 (Full-time detention in NSW). (3) Also, this Act (other than chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells)) does not apply to a person detained under the Children and Young People Act 2008.