Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if the board adjourns a hearing for an inquiry in relation to an offender.
(2) The board may order that the offender be remanded in custody during the adjournment.
Note Pt 3.2 (Remand) applies in relation to the order for remand.
(3) However, the board may order the remand of the offender—
(a) for no longer than 7 days for each adjournment; and
(b) only twice for the same inquiry; and
(c) if the offender has previously been remanded in custody in relation to the same inquiry—only if the hearing was adjourned on the second occasion because of circumstances beyond the board's control.
(4) For subsection (3) (a), the day the board adjourns the hearing, and the day the offender appears before the board at the adjourned hearing, are both counted.
Note For the grant of bail to the offender, see the Bail Act 1992 .