Appointment of visiting justices
166 Appointment of visiting justices
The Minister may, for every detention centre, appoint visitors to be known as visiting justices.
A visiting justice cannot carry out the duties of an independent detention centre visitor appointed under section 41 of the Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003.
Visiting justices are to be appointed from persons who are magistrates of the Children’s Court or justices of the peace.
Appointments under this section are to be for a term of 2 years, but a visiting justice may resign at any time by notice in writing delivered to the Minister.
[Section 166 inserted: No. 75 of 2003 s. 56(1); amended: No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]
[167. Deleted: No. 75 of 2003 s. 56(1).]
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