(1) As soon as practicable after confirming a segregated or protective custody direction, the Commissioner must give written notice of that fact to the Minister, giving reasons for the confirmation direction, if--(a) the confirmation direction will result in the inmate being subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months, or(b) the inmate has already been subject to a total continuous period of segregated or protective custody exceeding 6 months.
(2) This section does not apply to a direction confirming a protective custody direction that was given at the request of an inmate.