Australian Capital Territory
Remand Centres (Temporary Remand Centre) Declaration 2007 (No 4)
Notifiable Instrument NI2007- 209
made under the  
Remand Centres Act 1976, section 5(3)
(in its continued operation under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 607 (application of old custody law – remand))

1	Name of instrument
Remand Centres (Temporary Remand Centre) Declaration 2007 (No 4).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after notification.
3	Declaration
Under section 5(1) of the Remand Centres Act 1976 (the Act), in its continued operation under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 607 (application of old custody law – remand), and given that:

a)	the number of detainees in the Belconnen Remand Centre, declared by instrument and published pursuant to section 4 of the Act in Gazette number S169 of 27 September 1976, is likely to be greater than the number that can be held conveniently in the centre; and

b)	it is not appropriate to transfer some detainees to another institution within or outside the Territory.

Therefore, under section 5(3) of the Act, I DECLARE the area of land of Block 6, Section 81, Phillip ACT, on which the Woden Police Station cells are located to be a temporary remand centre for the period of 6 months commencing from the day after notification of this instrument on the Legislation Register.

Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General
   1 August 2007