Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2023
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Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2023
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A place of detention means— a community corrections centre, prison or work camp under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or a detention centre under the Youth Justice Act 1992 ; or an inpatient unit of an authorised mental health service under the Mental Health Act 2016 ; or the forensic disability service under the Forensic Disability Act 2011 ; or a court cell; or a watch-house; or a holding cell or another place in a police station where a person is detained; or another place where a person is detained, other than a private residence, prescribed by regulation as a place of detention; or a vehicle primarily used or operated for the purpose of transporting a person who is detained to or from a place mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) . Before a regulation is made under subsection (1) (h) , the Minister must consult with the responsible Minister for the place about the proposed regulation. In this section— court cell means a place attached to or near a court that is used for detaining prisoners of the court and other persons. (sec.4-ssec.1) A place of detention means— a community corrections centre, prison or work camp under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or a detention centre under the Youth Justice Act 1992 ; or an inpatient unit of an authorised mental health service under the Mental Health Act 2016 ; or the forensic disability service under the Forensic Disability Act 2011 ; or a court cell; or a watch-house; or a holding cell or another place in a police station where a person is detained; or another place where a person is detained, other than a private residence, prescribed by regulation as a place of detention; or a vehicle primarily used or operated for the purpose of transporting a person who is detained to or from a place mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (h) . (sec.4-ssec.2) Before a regulation is made under subsection (1) (h) , the Minister must consult with the responsible Minister for the place about the proposed regulation. (sec.4-ssec.3) In this section— court cell means a place attached to or near a court that is used for detaining prisoners of the court and other persons.