5Detention centres

5 Detention centres

(1) A detention centre shall be conducted as: (a) a unit detention centre; (b) an area detention centre; or (c) a corrective detention centre; as declared in writing by the Chief of the Defence Force, a service chief or an authorized officer. (2) A person who is sentenced to detention for a period shall not be detained: (a) in a unit detention centre—if the period exceeds 7 days; or (b) in an area detention centre—if the period exceeds 14 days. (3) In calculating a period of detention for the purposes of subregulation (2): (a) where a detainee is sentenced to 2 or more concurrent periods of detention—the period of detention shall be taken to be the longer or longest of those periods; or (b) where a detainee is sentenced to 2 or more periods of detention to be served consecutively—the period shall be taken to be the aggregate of those periods.