Australian Capital Territory

remand centres act 1976
This consolidation has been prepared by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office
Updated as at 10 May 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
Part 1—Preliminary
	1.	Short title
	2.	Commencement
	3.	Interpretation
Part 2—Establishment of Remand Centres
	4.	Declaration of remand centre
	5.	Temporary remand centres
Part 3—Staff
	6.	Administrator
	6AA.	Remand centre staff
	6A.	Official visitors—appointment and remuneration
	6B.	Official visitors—term of appointment
	6C.	Official visitors—termination of appointment
	7.	Powers and duties of administrator
	7A.	Authorisation by administrator
	7B.	Delegations by administrator
	8.	Standing orders
	9.	Powers and duties of superintendent
	10.	Delegation by superintendent
	11.	Absence of superintendent
	12.	Duties of custodial officer
	13.	Duties and powers of medical officers
	14.	Removal of detainee to hospital
Part 4—Detainees
	14A.	Recommendations by court
	15.	Persons who may be detained
	16.	Transportation of detainees
	17.	Offences by detainees
	18.	Offences by persons other than detainees
	19.	Detainee to submit to medical examination
	20.	Entitlements of detainees
	21.	Withdrawal of entitlements by superintendent
	21A.	Compensation
	22.	Use of force
	23.	Request or appeal by detainee
	24.	Official visitors—duties
	25.	Complaints by detainees
	26.	Notification of complaints etc
	27.	Inspection of remand centre
	27A.	Temporary release of detainees for interstate visits
	28.	Temporary release of detainees within the Territory
Part 5—Miscellaneous
	28A.	Person liable to be convicted only once
	29.	Regulations

Australian Capital Territory

remand centres act 1976
An Act to establish remand centres in the Australian Capital Territory
Part 1—Preliminary
1 	Short title
	This Act may be cited as the Remand Centres Act 1976.1
2 	Commencement
	This Act shall come into operation on such a date as is fixed by the Minister by notification published in the Gazette.1
3	Interpretation
	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“administrator” means the Administrator under section 6;
“convicted person” means a person convicted by a court, whether within or outside the Territory, and sentenced to a period of imprisonment, whether with or without any other punishment;
“custodial officer”, in relation to a remand centre, means the custodial officer for the centre under section 6AA;
“detainee” means a person detained in a remand centre;
“judge” means a judge of the Supreme Court;
“medical officer”, in relation to a remand centre, means the medical officer for the centre under section 6AA;
“official visitor” means a person appointed under section 6A;
“registered medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1930;
“remand centre” means an area declared by the Minister to be a remand centre or a temporary remand centre;
shelter has the meaning given by the Children and Young People Act 1999, dictionary.
“standing orders” means the orders and instructions issued by the Administrator under section 8;
“superintendent”, in relation to a remand centre, means the superintendent for the centre under section 6AA;
“temporary remand centre” means an area declared by the Minister under section 5 to be a temporary remand centre.

Part 2—Establishment of Remand Centres
4 	Declaration of remand centre
	The Minister may, by instrument in writing published in the Gazette, declare an area of land to be a remand centre.
5 	Temporary remand centres
(1) 	Where—
	(a)	the number of detainees in a remand centre is, or is likely to be, greater than the number that can be held conveniently in the centre; and
	(b)	it is not convenient to transfer some detainees to another institution, within or outside the Territory;
the administrator shall inform the Minister of the fact.
(2) 	Where—
	(a)	there is an outbreak of disease or violent disorder in a remand centre; and
	(b)	it is, in the opinion of the superintendent, necessary to transfer some or all detainees from the centre;
the administrator shall inform the Minister of the fact.
(3) 	Where the Minister has been informed by the administrator under subsection (1) or (2) or where the Minister is, for any other reason, satisfied that it is desirable to do so, the Minister may, by instrument in writing published in the Gazette, declare an area of land to be a temporary remand centre.
(4) 	A declaration under subsection (3) shall specify the period, being a period not exceeding 12 months, for which the area is to remain a temporary remand centre.
(5) 	At or before the expiration of the period specified in a declaration under subsection (3) or this subsection, the Minister may, if he or she considers it necessary, by instrument in writing published in the Gazette, extend, by a period not exceeding 12 months, the period for which the area is to be a temporary remand centre.

Part 3—Staff
6 	Administrator
(1) 	There shall be an administrator.
(2) 	The chief executive shall create and maintain an office in the government service the duties of which include performing the functions of the administrator.
(3) 	The administrator shall be the public servant for the time being performing the duties of the government service office referred to in subsection (2).
6AA 	Remand centre staff
(1) 	There shall be the following offices for each remand centre:
	(a)	an office of superintendent;
	(b)	1 or more offices of custodial officer;
	(c)	an office of medical officer.
(2) 	For each office referred to in subsection (1), the chief executive shall create and maintain a corresponding office in the government service the duties of which include performing the functions of the relevant office referred to in subsection (1).
(3) 	The following persons shall be officers of a remand centre:
	(a)	any public servant for the time being performing the duties of the corresponding government service office referred to in 
subsection (2);
	(b)	in the case of the medical officer—
	(i)	a registered medical practitioner who is a public servant for the time being performing the duties of the corresponding government service office referred to in subsection (2); or 
	(ii)	a registered medical practitioner appointed by the chief executive for the purpose.
6A 	Official visitors—appointment and remuneration
(1) 	The Minister shall appoint 2 official visitors for the purposes of this Act and the Periodic Detention Act 1995.
(1A) 	A person who is a public servant shall not be appointed as an official visitor.
(1B) 	A person shall not be appointed as an official visitor unless he or she possesses qualifications or experience that will assist in the performance of the duties of an official visitor.
6B 	Official visitors—term of appointment
	An official visitor shall be appointed in writing for a period of 3 years and is eligible for reappointment. 
6C 	Official visitors—termination of appointment
(1) 	An official visitor may resign by writing signed by him or her and delivered to the Minister. 
(2) 	The Minister may remove an official visitor from office—
	(a)	for misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity;
	(b)	if he or she becomes bankrupt, applies to take the benefit of a law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors, compounds with his or her creditors or makes an assignment of his or her remuneration for their benefit; or
	(c)	if he or she is convicted for an offence punishable by imprisonment for 1 year or longer.
7 	Powers and duties of administrator
(1) 	Subject to this Act, the administrator is responsible for the conduct of all remand centres in the Territory.
(2) 	The administrator may, if he or she considers it appropriate to do so, arrange for the transfer of a person remanded into the Administrator’s custody from a remand centre or other institution to another remand centre or institution, whether within or outside the Territory.
7A 	Authorisation by administrator
(1) 	The administrator may, in writing, authorise the superintendent of a remand centre to perform the administrator’s functions in relation to—
	(a)	the custody of a person remanded into the custody of the administrator under the Magistrates Court Act 1930; and 
	(b)	arranging for such a person to be transferred from a remand centre or other institution within the Territory to another remand centre or institution within the Territory.
(2) 	A person authorised under subsection (1) has all the powers and duties of the Administrator in relation to the person remanded, including a duty to comply with the terms of any relevant warrant.
(3) 	The performance of the administrator’s functions by a person pursuant to an authorisation under subsection (1) shall, for all purposes, be taken to be performance by the administrator of those functions.
7B 	Delegations by administrator
(1) 	Subject to this section, the administrator may, in writing, delegate all or any of his or her powers under this Act or the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997 to an officer or employee of the Australian Capital Territory Public Service performing functions in a prescribed office in the administrative unit in which the administrator holds office.
(2) 	Subsection (1) does not apply to the power under subsection 7 (2) to transfer a person remanded into the administrator’s custody to a remand centre or institution outside the Territory.
(3) 	A delegated power shall not be exercised except in circumstances ascertained in accordance with the regulations.
8 	Standing orders
(1) 	The administrator may, from time to time, in writing, issue such orders and instructions as are necessary for the day-to-day running of remand centres.
(2) 	The administrator shall—
	(a)	cause orders and instructions issued under subsection (1), other than those dealing with the security of a remand centre, to be available for inspection by members of the public; and
	(b)	cause all orders and instructions issued under subsection (1) to be available for inspection by an official visitor.
9 	Powers and duties of superintendent
	Subject to this Act, the regulations and standing orders, the superintendent—
	(a)	is responsible for the day-to-day running of the remand centre in respect of which he or she is appointed;
	(b)	has control of, and is responsible for, all detainees in the remand centre; and
	(c)	has such duties as are prescribed.
10 	Delegation by superintendent
(1) 	The superintendent may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the superintendent, delegate to a custodial officer any of his or her powers under this Act, other than this power of delegation.
(2) 	A power so delegated, when exercised by the delegate, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Superintendent.
(3) 	A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a power by the superintendent.
11 	Absence of superintendent
(1) 	Where the superintendent of a remand centre is not on duty at the remand centre and—
	(a)	no delegation under section 10 is in force; or
	(b)	the custodial officer in respect of whom a delegation under section 10 is in force is not on duty at the remand centre;
the powers, duties and functions of the superintendent shall be exercised and performed by the most senior of the custodial officers on duty at the time.
(2) 	In subsection (1)—
“most senior”, in relation to a custodial officer, means—
	(a)	the person who, at that time, has occupied an office of chief custodial officer; or
	(b)	if there is no such person, the person who has been a public servant; 
for the greatest length of time.
12 	Duties of custodial officer
	A custodial officer shall obey such directions as are given by the superintendent and shall perform such duties as are prescribed.
13 	Duties and powers of medical officers
(1) 	A medical officer—
	(a)	subject to the consent of a detainee, shall do such things as are necessary to safeguard the mental and physical health of the detainee;
	(b)	for that purpose, may give such directions, as to diet or otherwise, as are necessary; and
	(c)	shall perform such other medical duties as are prescribed.
(2) 	Notwithstanding paragraph (1) (a), where the medical officer is satisfied that it is necessary, in order to preserve the life of the detainee, to administer medical treatment to the detainee, the medical officer may administer the medical treatment to the detainee.
(3) 	For the purpose of performing his or her duties under this section, the medical officer shall, at least once in each week—
	(a)	visit the remand centre in respect of which he or she is appointed;
	(b)	as often as is, in his or her opinion, necessary—
	(i)	examine the detainees; and
	(ii)	examine all food, clothing and bedding at the centre; and
	(c)	examine each detainee who requests medical treatment.
(4) 	Where as a result of an inspection carried out under subsection (3), the medical officer is of the opinion that matters in connection with conditions at the remand centre or treatment of the detainees at the remand centre require attention, the medical officer shall, by instrument in writing, report to the administrator concerning the fact, stating the action that should, in his or her opinion, be taken.
(5) 	Where a medical officer has given a direction under paragraph (1) (b), the administrator shall, unless it would be prejudicial to the security of the remand centre, cause the direction to be complied with.
(6) 	Where a medical officer has made a report under subsection (4), the administrator shall, unless it would be prejudicial to the security of the remand centre, cause such action to be taken as the report requires.
14 	Removal of detainee to hospital
(1) 	Where a medical officer or a registered medical practitioner considers it necessary that a detainee be removed from a remand centre to receive medical treatment in a hospital or from a registered medical practitioner, he or she shall notify the superintendent in writing of the fact and of the hospital to which, or registered medical practitioner to whom, the detainee should, in the opinion of the medical officer, be removed.
(2) 	Subject to subsection (3), the superintendent shall comply with a notification of a medical officer or a registered medical practitioner given under subsection (1).
(3) 	Where the Minister is of the opinion that it would be prejudicial to the security of the remand centre or of the detainee to comply with a notification of a medical officer or a registered medical practitioner given under subsection (1), the Minister shall direct the superintendent not to comply with the notification.
(4) 	Where the Minister gives a direction under subsection (3), the Minister shall also direct the superintendent to provide all possible medical treatment at the remand centre for the detainee.
(5) 	Where—
	(a)	the superintendent is of the opinion that a detainee is in need of immediate medical treatment in a hospital; and
	(b)	no medical officer or registered medical practitioner is available to give a notification under subsection (1);
the superintendent shall cause the detainee to be removed to a hospital.

Part 4—Detainees
14A 	Recommendations by court
	Where the Supreme Court or the Magistrates Court makes a recommendation in relation to the detention of a person in a remand centre, the superintendent shall have regard to the recommendation.
15 	Persons who may be detained
(1) 	The following persons may be detained in a remand centre:
	(a)	a person remanded in custody by a court in the Territory;
	(b)	a person committed under section 65, 84, 90A, 92A, 94, 105 or 154D of the Magistrates Court Act 1930;
	(c)	a person convicted by a court in the Territory and sentenced to a period of imprisonment, whether with or without any other punishment;
	(d)	a person committed under section 185 of the Magistrates Court Act 1930;
	(da)	a person committed under subsection 547 (2) of the Crimes Act 1900;
	(e)	a convicted person who is required to appear as a witness before a court in the Territory;
	(f)	a person who is required under the Children and Young People Act 1999 to be detained in a remand centre;
	(g)	a person lawfully detained by an immigration officer and held in immigration detention under the Migration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth;
	(i)	a person apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued under section 35 of the Royal Commissions Act 1991;
	(j)	a person apprehended pursuant to a warrant issued under section 44 of the Judicial Commissions Act 1994;
	(k)	a person convicted by a court in the Territory, or ordered to be detained in custody under Part 11A of the Crimes Act 1900, who the court is satisfied by reason of his or her mental condition should be detained in a remand centre pending—
	(i)	receipt by the remand centre of any medical, psychiatric or other relevant report in respect of the person; and
	(ii)	the making of suitable arrangements for the person’s removal to, and custody at a prison in, New South Wales pursuant to the Removal of Prisoners Act 1968;
	(m)	a person convicted by a court in the Territory and sentenced to a period of imprisonment, being a person—
	(i)	who is not granted bail or liable to be detained for any other cause;
	(ii)	in respect of whose conviction a notice of appeal has been filed; and
	(iii)	in respect of whom a court has made an order or issued a warrant for committal to a remand centre;
	(n)	a person whose removal under section 5 of the Removal of Prisoners Act 1968 is delayed;
	(o)	a person transferred to the Territory under the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 or the Transfer of Prisoners Act 1983 of the Commonwealth;
	(p)	a prisoner who is in the Territory under an interstate permit and requires overnight accommodation;
	(q)	a person who is to be detained in custody under an order under subsection 16 (4) of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997.
(2) 	A person detained in a remand centre pursuant to paragraph (1) (c) or (d) shall not be detained for any longer than is necessary while awaiting transport to another institution.
(2A) 	A person detained in a remand centre pursuant to paragraph (1) (p) shall not be detained for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose of providing him or her with overnight accommodation.
(3) 	A person, other than a person referred to in subsection (1), shall not be detained in a remand centre.
(4) 	A person who is detained in a remand centre is, by virtue of this subsection, in the custody of the Superintendent of the remand centre.
(5) 	In paragraph (1) (p)—
“interstate permit” and “prisoner” have the same respective meanings as they have in Part 4 of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997.
16 	Transportation of detainees
	A person who may be detained in a remand centre shall, for the purposes of this Act—
	(a)	while he or she is being transported in the Territory to or from a remand centre; and
	(b)	while he or she is receiving medical or dental treatment outside a remand centre;
be deemed to remain in lawful custody.
17 	Offences by detainees
	A detainee shall not—
	(a)	disobey a lawful order given by the superintendent, a custodial officer or a medical officer;
	(b)	commit any act contrary to the provisions of the standing orders concerning the good order, discipline and security of a remand centre;
	(c)	escape; or
	(d)	make, conceal, or have in his or her possession without authority a tool, weapon, knife, key or other implement or thing intended to be used, and capable of being used, to effect the escape of a detainee or intended to be used for an unlawful purpose.
Penalty:
	(a)	for a breach of paragraph (a), (b) or (d)—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both;
	(b)	for a breach of paragraph (c)—imprisonment for 5 years.
18 	Offences by persons other than detainees
	A person shall not—
	(a)	unlawfully remove a detainee from a remand centre;
	(b)	give assistance to a person who has escaped from a remand centre;
	(c)	enter, or remain in, a remand centre without lawful excuse; or
	(d)	unlawfully convey an article into or out of a remand centre or to or from a detainee.
Penalty:
	(a)	for a breach of paragraph (a) or (b)—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year, or both;
	(b)	for a breach of paragraph (c) or (d)—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
19 	Detainee to submit to medical examination
	A detainee shall—
	(a)	when directed by the superintendent, on admission to the remand centre; and
	(b)	when directed by a medical officer acting in pursuance of paragraph 13 (3) (b);
submit himself or herself to a medical examination by a medical officer.
20 	Entitlements of detainees
	Subject to section 21, a detainee, other than a person referred to in paragraph 15 (1) (c), 15 (1) (d) or 15 (1) (e), has the following entitlements:
	(a)	to send and receive mail;
	(b)	the reasonable use of a telephone;
	(c)	to receive food from outside the remand centre;
	(d)	to wear his or her own clothing;
	(e)	to receive visitors;
	(f)	to receive treatment from his or her own registered medical practitioner and dentist;
	(g)	to perform such work in the remand centre as is available from time to time;
	(h)	to participate in recreational activities;
	(j)	to obtain reading materials from outside the remand centre.
21 	Withdrawal of entitlements by superintendent
(1) 	Where the superintendent believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary for the maintaining of security, discipline or order in a remand centre, or for the health of a detainee, the superintendent may cause a detainee to be confined to the detainee’s sleeping quarters, or deprived of 1 or more of his or her entitlements, or both.
(1A) 	Where the superintendent believes on reasonable grounds that a detainee, while on leave of absence from a remand centre by virtue of a permit under Part 3 of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997, has disobeyed a direction under subsection 13 (1) of that Act, the superintendent may, on the detainee’s return to a remand centre, cause him or her to be deprived of 1 or more of his or her entitlements.
(1B) 	Subsection (1A) applies whether or not the detainee has been charged with, or convicted of, an offence against subsection 13 (2) of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997.
(2) 	In subsection (1), a reference to entitlements, in relation to a detainee, is a reference to one or more of the entitlements specified in section 20.
(3) 	Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (1A), a detainee is entitled to 2 hours’ recreation in the open air on each day.
21A 	Compensation
(1) 	In this section—
“Compensation Act” means the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951;
“overtime” has the same meaning as in the Compensation Act;
“work” means work performed, in pursuance of his or her entitlement under paragraph 20 (g), by a detainee at the direction of the superintendent or a custodial officer.
(2) 	Where a detainee performs work in a remand centre, the Compensation Act applies to and in relation to the detainee and the Territory as if—
	(a)	the detainee were employed by the Territory under a contract of service;
	(b)	paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of “worker” in subsection 6 (1) of the Compensation Act were omitted;
	(c)	for subparagraph 1 (c) (i) of Schedule 1 to the Compensation Act there were substituted the following subparagraph:
	‘(i)	of the amount referred to in subparagraph (b) (i); or’; and
	(d)	subparagraphs 2 (b) (i) and (ii) of Schedule 1 to the Compensation Act were omitted.
(3) 	Notwithstanding clause 1A of Schedule 1 to the Compensation Act, for the purposes of the application of that Act to a detainee, the prescribed amount applicable to a detainee in respect of a week, for the purposes of paragraph 1 (b) of that Schedule, shall be deemed to be—
	(a)	in the case of a detainee who, immediately before he or she became a detainee—
	(i)	was carrying on a business or profession on his or her own account; or
	(ii)	was unemployed and was not carrying on a business or profession on his or her own account but who, at any time during the period of 12 months ending on the day on which he or she became a detainee, was employed or was carrying on a business or profession on his or her own account—
an amount obtained by dividing by 52 the amount that equals the income of the detainee during the period of 12 months ending on the day on which he or she became a detainee;
	(b)	in the case of a detainee who was unemployed immediately before he or she became a detainee, not being a detainee referred to in paragraph (a)—nil; and
	(c)	in any other case—an amount equal to the earnings of the detainee in respect of the period of 7 days ending on the day immediately preceding the day on which he or she became a detainee.
(4) 	A reference in paragraph (3) (c) to earnings, in relation to a detainee, does not include a reference to—
	(a)	a payment in respect of overtime;
	(b)	an allowance that is intermittent or is payable in respect of special expenses incurred or likely to be incurred by the detainee; or
	(c)	where the detainee had more than one occupation during the period of 7 days referred to in that paragraph—earnings derived by the detainee from an occupation other than his or her principal occupation.
22 	Use of force
	The superintendent may use or direct the use of such force as is necessary and reasonable to maintain security and good order within a remand centre.
23 	Request or appeal by detainee
	A detainee may—
	(a)	appeal to the superintendent against the actions of a custodial officer; and
	(b)	make a request to the superintendent with respect to the conditions under which he or she is detained.
24 	Official visitors—duties
	
(2) 	An official visitor shall visit each remand centre at least once each week in order to inspect the centre and inquire into complaints from detainees.
(3) 	Where, after inspecting a remand centre, an official visitor is not satisfied that the centre is being conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he or she shall report the matter to the Minister.
25 	Complaints by detainees
(1) 	Where a detainee is not satisfied with—
	(a)	his or her treatment at a remand centre;
	(b)	the manner in which a remand centre is conducted;
	(c)	a refusal to release him or her temporarily under section 28;
	(d)	a refusal to grant to him or her a permit under Part 3 of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997;
	(e)	a condition or restriction to which such a permit is subject; or
	(f)	the variation or revocation of such a permit or a condition or restriction to which it is subject;
the detainee, or a person acting on his or her behalf and at his or her request, may make a complaint to the official visitor.
(2) 	A complaint under subsection (1) may, at the request of the detainee, be made in the absence of any person other than the complainant and the official visitor.
(3) 	An official visitor shall inquire into a complaint made under subsection (1) and may—
	(a)	make a recommendation concerning the complaint to the administrator; and
	(b)	make such report (if any) to the Minister concerning a complaint as he or she considers necessary.
26 	Notification of complaints etc
	A custodial officer shall take all steps necessary to ensure that the superintendent or the official visitor, as the case requires, is informed as soon as practicable of a request or an appeal made under section 23 or a complaint under section 25, as the case requires.
27 	Inspection of remand centre
	A judge, magistrate or a member of the Legislative Assembly nominated by the Assembly may inspect a remand centre at any time.
27A 	Temporary release of detainees for interstate visits
	The superintendent shall release into the custody of the assigned escort or escorts a detainee to whom a permit under Part 3 of the Prisoners’ Interstate Leave Act 1997 has been granted for the purpose of enabling the detainee to undertake travel in accordance with that Act for the purpose specified in the permit.
28 	Temporary release of detainees within the Territory
(1) 	The administrator may, subject to such conditions as he or she thinks fit, release a detainee temporarily from a remand centre—
	(a)	to attend the funeral of a close relative;
	(b)	to visit an ill relative;
	(c)	to attend an educational examination; or
	(d)	for such other purposes as the administrator considers necessary.
(1A) 	The administrator may not release a detainee under this section for a purpose that would involve the detainee in travel outside the Territory.
(2) 	A detainee released from a remand centre under subsection (1)—
	(a)	is, for the purpose of this Act, deemed to remain in custody; and
	(b)	is, if he or she fails to return to the remand centre at the expiration of the period of temporary release, deemed to have escaped.
(3) 	In this section—
“detainee” does not include a person detained under paragraph 15 (1) (p) or (q).

Part 5—Miscellaneous
28A 	Person liable to be convicted only once
	Where an act or omission of a person is both an offence under this Act and an offence under any other law of the Territory and that person is convicted of either of those offences, he or she is not liable to be convicted of the other of those offences.
29 	Regulations
	The Executive may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, prescribing matters for or in relation to—
	(a)	offences by custodial officers;
	(b)	the admission and searching of detainees;
	(c)	offences by detainees;
	(d)	the health, welfare and living conditions of detainees, including—
	(i)	diet;
	(ii)	clothing;
	(iii)	work, including payment for any work performed;
	(iv)	recreation and exercise facilities;
	(v)	the entitlement to receive or refuse visitors, including visits by members of the police force;
	(vi)	the conditions subject to which mail may be sent and received and telephone calls made;
	(vii)	the availability of reading materials and other means of occupation;
	(viii)	the provision of religious instruction or guidance; and
	(ix)	the keeping of records relating to detainees; and
	(e)	the imposition of penalties, not exceeding 10 penalty units, for offences against the regulations.

NOTES
1.	The Remand Centres Act 1976 in this reprint is Act No. 48,1976 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
2.	The Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 (No. 51, 1996) authorises the Parliamentary Counsel in preparing a law for republication, to make certain editorial and other formal amendments in accordance with current legislative drafting practice.  The amendments do not change the law.  Amendments made under the Act do not appear in the Table of Amendments but details may be obtained on request from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Table 1
Table of Ordinances
Ordinance	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Remand Centres Ordinance 1976	48, 1976	24 Sept 1976	28 Sept 1976 (see Gazette 1976, No. S169, p. 3)		
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1978	1, 1978	2 Feb 1978	2 Feb 1978	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1982	19, 1982	20 May 1982	20 May 1982	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1983	67, 1983	30 Dec 1983	30 Dec 1983	—	
Magistrates Court Ordinance 1985	67, 1985	19 Dec 1985	1 Feb 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. G3, p. 265)	—	
Children’s Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1986	14, 1986	4 June 1986	26 Apr 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S116)	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1986	25, 1986	25 July 1986	25 July 1986	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1987	30, 1987	25 June 1987	29 July 1987 (see Gazette 1987, No. S181)	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1988	51, 1988	10 Aug 1988	10 Aug 1988	—	
Self-Government (Consequential Amendments) Ordinance 1989	38, 1989	10 May 1989	Ss. 1 and 2:  10 May 1989
Remainder:  11 May 1989 (see s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1989, No. S164)	—	
Self-Government day 11 May 1989

Table 2
Table of Acts
Act	Number  
and year	Date of 
notification 
in Gazette	Date of 
commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions	

Royal Commissions and Inquiries (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991	3, 1991	1 Mar 1991	Ss. 1 and 2:  1 Mar 1991
Remainder:  1 May 1991 (see s. 2 (2))	—	
Workers’ Compensation (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991
	106, 1991	15 Jan 1992	Ss. 1 and 2:  15 Jan 1992 Remainder:  22 Jan 1992 (see
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1992, No. S9)	—	
Supreme Court (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1993	91, 1993	17 Dec 1993	17 Dec 1993	—	
Judicial Commissions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	10, 1994	14 Mar 1994	14 Mar 1994	—	
Public Sector Management (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 1994	38, 1992	30 June 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  30 June 1994
Remainder:  1 July 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S142, p. 2)
	Ss. 3, 5-12, 15 and 19	
Statutory Offices (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994	97, 1994	15  Dec 1994	Ss. 1 and 2:  15 Dec 1994
Remainder:  15 Dec 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S293)	Part III
(ss. 4-9)	
 (Reprinted as at 28 February 1995)	
Periodic Detention Act 1995	3, 1995	19 June 1995	Ss. 1 and 2:  19 June 1995
Remainder:  1 Sept 1995 (see Gazette 1995, No. S222)	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Act 1995	40, 1995	7 Nov 1995	Ss. 1 and 2:  7 Nov 1995
Remainder:  7 May 1996	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Act 1996	14, 1996	1 May 1996	Ss. 1-3:  1 May 1996
Remainder:  7 May 1996 (see s. 2 (2)) 	—	
Remand Centres
(Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1996	81, 1996	20 Dec 1996	Ss. 1-3: 20 Dec 1996
Remainder: 1 Jan 1997(see Gazette  1996, No. S353, p.2)	—	
(Reprinted as at 1 January 1997)	
Remuneration Tribunal (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	41, 1997	19 Sept 1997	Ss. 1 and 2:  19 Sept 1997
Remainder:  23 Sept 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S280)	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Act 1997	100, 1997	24 Dec 1997	Ss. 1-4:  24 Dec 1997
Remainder:  24 June 1998	—	
Remand Centres (Amendment) Act 1998	28, 1998	10 July 1998	Ss. 1 and 2:  10 July 1998
Remainder:  1 Jan 1999  (see 
s. 2 (2) and Gazette 1998, No. 50, p. 1095)	S. 5	
Custodial Escorts (Consequential Provisions) Act 1998	67, 1998	23 Dec 1998	Ss. 1 and 2:  23 Dec 1998
Remainder:  23 Dec 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. 51, p. 1118)	—	
Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999	1999 No 64	10 Nov 1999 	ss 1 and 2:  10 Nov 1999
remainder:  10 May 2000 (see 
s 2 (2))
	—	
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended     rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision	How affected

S. 3	am. No. 67, 1985; No. 14, 1986; No. 30, 1987; Act No. 91, 1993; No. 97, 1994; No. 51, 1996; 1999 No 64 s 4 sch 2
S. 5	am. No. 67, 1983; No. 51, 1988; Act No. 40, 1995
S. 6	am. Act No. 38, 1994
	rs. No. 97, 1994

S. 6AA	ad. Act No. 97, 1994
S. 6A	ad. No. 30, 1987
	am. No. 51, 1988; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 3, 1995; No. 41, 1997
Ss. 6B, 6C	ad. No. 51, 1988
S. 7	am. Act No. 81, 1996
S. 7A	ad. Act No. 81, 1996
S. 7B	ad. Act No. 100, 1997
S. 8		am. No. 51, 1988
Ss. 9, 10	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 11	am. No. 38, 1989; Act No. 38, 1994
Ss. 13, 14	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 14A	ad. Act No. 81, 1996
S. 15	am. No. 19, 1982; No. 67, 1985; Nos. 14 and 25, 1986; No. 38, 1989; Act No. 3, 1991; No. 10, 1994; No. 40, 1995; No. 14, 1996; No. 100, 1997; No. 28, 1998; 1999 No 64 s 4 sch 2
S. 16	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 17	am. No. 1, 1978; Act No. 40, 1995; No. 100, 1997
S. 18	am. No. 1, 1978; Act No. 100, 1997
Ss. 19, 20	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 21	am. No. 1, 1978; Act No. 40, 1995; No. 100, 1997
S. 21A	ad. No. 1, 1978
	am. No. 38, 1989; Act No. 106, 1991; No. 40, 1995
S. 22	am. Act No. 67, 1998
S. 23	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 24	am. No. 30, 1987; Act No. 40, 1995
S. 25	am. No. 30, 1987; Act No. 40, 1995; No. 100, 1997
S. 26	am. No. 30, 1987
S. 27A	ad. Act No. 100, 1997
S. 28	am. Act No. 40, 1995; No. 100, 1997
S. 28A	ad. No. 1, 1978
	am. Act No. 40, 1995
S. 29	am. No. 38, 1989; Act No. 100, 1997