64Authority for detention

64 Authority for detention (1) A person must not be admitted to, or detained at, a correctional centre unless the detention is— (a) authorised by a warrant under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 12 (Warrant for imprisonment); or (b) authorised by a warrant under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 17 (Warrant for remand); or (c) otherwise authorised, whether by a warrant or other authority (however named), under a territory law or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory. Examples—par (c) 1 an accused person who is refused bail by an authorised person under the Bail Act 1992 2 a person held on a warrant issued under the Royal Commissions Act 1991, section 35 (Apprehension of witnesses failing to appear) 3 a person in immigration detention under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth) 4 an interstate detainee on leave in the ACT held in custody overnight (2) Before the person is admitted to the correctional centre, the director-general must be given the warrant or evidence of other authority for the detention.

(3) The validity of a person’s detention at a correctional centre is not affected by a defect or irregularity in or in relation to the warrant or the evidence of other authority for the detention.