Northern Territory Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (RELATED AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2014 (NO 27 OF 2014) - SECT 53

After section 167

insert

167A     Return to custody

The superintendent of a detention centre or a member of the staff of the centre who arrests a detainee under section 167(1) must, as soon as practicable, take the detainee (or arrange for the detainee to be taken) to:

    (a)     the detention centre; or

    (b)     another appropriate place.

Examples for section 167A(b)

1     A police station (if it is not practicable to immediately return the detainee to the detention centre).

2     A health care facility (if the detainee is sick or injured).