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90 Segregation—safety and security
grounds, that the segregation is necessary or prudent to protect—
(a) the safety of anyone else at a correctional centre; or
(2) When making a direction under this section, the director-general must
also have regard to any relevant, known cultural consideration and
the likely impact of segregation on the health and wellbeing of the
(3) The director-general must give the detainee prompt notice of the
(4) The director-general must revoke the direction if the director-general
believes, on reasonable grounds, that the protection mentioned in
subsection (1) is no longer necessary or prudent.
(5) The director-general—
(c) must review the direction at least once every 21 days while it
(6) After reviewing the direction, the director-general may—
(c) revoke the direction under subsection (4).
(7) To remove any doubt, the director-general may make more than
(8) Subject to this section and section 94 (Segregated detainees removed
to NSW), a direction ends at the end of—
(a) 28 days after the day it is given; or
(b) if subsection (6) (b) applies—90 days after the day the further
direction, or latest further direction, is given.