18Report to Minister on segregated or protective custody direction

#### 18 Report to Minister on segregated or protective custody direction 18 Report to Minister on segregated or protective custody direction > > (1) As soon as practicable after confirming a segregated or protective custody direction, the Commissioner must give written notice of that fact to the Minister, giving reasons for the confirmation direction, if— > > > > > (a) the confirmation direction will result in the inmate being subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months, or > > > > > (b) the inmate has already been subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months. > > > (2) This section does not apply to a direction confirming a protective custody direction that was given at the request of an inmate. > > **ss 11–18:** Subst 2002 No 79, Sch 1 \[3\].