Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCE ADMINISTRATION) ACT 2005 - SECT 18

    (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.