New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (ADMINISTRATION OF SENTENCES) ACT 1999 - SECT 258

258 Supreme Court to review list of persons on remand who are in custody

(1) As soon as practicable after 15 February, 15 May, 15 August and 15 November in each year, the Commissioner must cause to be furnished to the Supreme Court a list of all persons on remand who, as at that date, have been in custody in a correctional centre for more than 3 months.

(2) The list must indicate, in relation to each person on remand, the court to which the person is remanded to appear.

(3) The Supreme Court is to conduct a review of the list, in open court, so as--

(a) to ascertain whether there has been any undue delay in the prosecution or conduct of proceedings against any person whose name appears on the list, and

(b) if there has been any such delay, to take such action as the Supreme Court considers appropriate to expedite those proceedings.

(4) In this section,
"person on remand" means any person the subject of a warrant or order issued by a court by which the person is remanded in custody in connection with proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by the person.