Committal or remand into the custody of the Commissioner
8 Committal or remand into the custody of the Commissioner
(1) For this Act, a person is committed or remanded into the custody of the Commissioner if a court, or a person or other body with authority to do so, orders that the person:
is committed or remanded into the custody of the Commissioner; or
(b) is committed or remanded to a, or to a particular, custodial correctional facility (however described); or
is committed to custody.
However, subsection (1)(c) does not apply:
in relation to a youth; or
(b) if the person is committed to the custody of the sheriff by a court exercising civil jurisdiction or in proceedings for contempt; or
(c) if the person is committed to custody at a specified place, or to the custody of a specified person.
Example for subsection (2)(c)
A person committed under section 43ZA(1)(a)(ii) of the Criminal Code to a place the court considers appropriate. Such a person is not committed or remanded into the custody of the Commissioner.
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