Declaration and validation about particular warrants issued under Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
475 Declaration and validation about particular warrants issued under Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
It is declared that—
a Magistrates Court has and always has had, including before the commencement of this section, power to issue a warrant for a person’s detention for the purposes of a relevant Corrective Services Act provision; and
a warrant for a person’s detention issued or purported to have been issued by a Magistrates Court for a relevant Corrective Services Act provision was sufficient for its purpose.
Note—See the definition warrant in schedule 4.
In this section—relevant Corrective Services Act provision means—
the 2000 Act, section 9(1)(a); or
a provision of one of the other repealed Acts that corresponded to the provision mentioned in paragraph (a).
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