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Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005
18Custody of remandee
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18 Custody of remandee
(1) The director-general must—
(a) keep the remandee in custody under full-time detention under
this Act and the Corrections Management Act 2007 under the
order for remand; and
(b) return the remandee to the remanding authority, or another
remanding authority, as ordered by the remanding authority.
Note For a young remandee, see s 320E.
(2) The director-general must ensure that the remandee is held in custody
in the place that the director-general decides is the most appropriate.
(3) For subsection (2)—
(a) the director-general must have regard to the following:
(i) the remanding authority’s order for remand;
(ii) any considerations about the remand stated in the warrant
by the remanding authority;
(iii) whether the remandee is also a sentenced offender;
(iv) the availability of suitable places of custody;
(v) the practicality of moving the remandee to and from the
place of custody to satisfy the remanding authority’s order
for the return of the remandee; and
(b) the director-general may have regard to anything else the
director-general considers relevant.
Remand Part 3.2