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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
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17 Warrant for remand
(1) The remanding authority must issue a warrant for the remand of the
remandee in the director-general’s custody.
(2) The warrant—
(a) must be addressed to the director-general; and
(b) may be signed by a person authorised by the remanding
authority.
Note If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for a warrant
by a court, the form must be used (see that Act, s 8 (2)).
(3) The warrant—
(a) may state any considerations about the remand to which the
director-general must have regard; and
(b) must state—
(i) when and where the remanding authority orders the return
of the remandee to the remanding authority; or
(ii) that the remanding authority order the return of the
remandee—
(A) to the remanding authority at the time and place
decided by the registrar; or
(B) to another remanding authority at the time and place
decided by the registrar.
Examples of considerations under par (a)
1 the remandee’s need for access to legal representatives or other people in
relation to the proceeding before the remanding authority
2 the likelihood of the remandee having to be brought before a court or
magistrate, or the board, in some other proceeding