Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) Functions under this Act in relation to a remandee must be exercised, as far as practicable, as follows:
(a) to recognise and respect that the remandee must be presumed innocent of the offence for which the remandee is remanded;
(b) to respect and protect the remandee's human rights;
(c) to ensure the remandee's decent, humane and just treatment;
(d) to preclude torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
(2) Also, functions under this Act in relation to a remandee's detention must be exercised, as far as practicable, as follows:
(a) to recognise and respect that the detention is not imposed as punishment of the remandee;
(b) to ensure the remandee is not subject to punishment only because of the conditions of detention;
(c) to ensure the remandee's conditions in detention comply with the requirements under the Corrections Management Act 2007
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(3) Subsections (1) (a) and (2) (a) do not apply if the remandee has been convicted or found guilty of the offence for which the remandee is remanded.
Examples
1 a convicted person remanded in custody for sentencing
2 a paroled offender remanded in custody under s 210 (Custody of offender during board hearing adjournment)
(4) This section does not apply to the remandee if the remandee is an offender under a sentence of imprisonment in relation to another offence.