Meaning of detaining authority
6 Meaning of detaining authority
In this Act:
detaining authority, for a place of detention––
means the entity in charge of the place of detention; and
includes any entity responsible for the day-to-day care, control, health and safety of detainees in the place of detention.
For this Act, an entity engaged by, or on behalf of, a detaining authority or the Territory to provide services to detainees in a place of detention as, or on behalf of, a detaining authority or the Territory is taken to be a detaining authority.
Examples
1 a non-government organisation contracted to provide education services on behalf of the detaining authority
2 the provision of health services to detainees at a place of detention by a different administrative unit to the one that is responsible for the place of detention
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