Crimes Act 1914

Where, under subsection 20BJ(1), a court orders that a person be detained in safe custody in prison or in a hospital, the Attorney‑General must, as soon as practicable after the person is so detained, consider (in this section called the initial consideration) whether or not the person should be released from detention and must, while the person is in detention, reconsider the matter at least once in each period of 6 months after the initial consideration.

In considering whether a person should be released from custody the Attorney‑General:

must obtain and consider:

a report from a duly qualified psychiatrist or psychologist; and

a report from another duly qualified medical practitioner; and

may obtain and consider such other reports as the Attorney‑General considers necessary; and

must take into account any representations made to the Attorney‑General by the person or on the person’s behalf.