5Meaning of place of detention

5 Meaning of place of detention

(1)  In this section –

closed psychiatric facility means the following facilities within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013 :

(a) an approved facility;

(b) a secure institution.

(2)  In this Act, a place of detention is any place, subject to the jurisdiction and control of Tasmania, that the Subcommittee must be allowed to visit under Article 4 of the Optional Protocol.

(3)  Without limiting subsection (2) , each of the following places that are subject to the jurisdiction and control of Tasmania and in which persons are deprived of their liberty is a place of detention for the purposes of this Act:

(a) a correctional centre, prison, detention centre or other similar place (however described);

(b) a hospital or other similar place;

(c) a closed psychiatric facility;

(d) a police station or court cell complex;

(e) a vehicle used or operated to convey detainees;

(f) a place prescribed for the purposes of this section.