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].