AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

DECLARATION OF SYMONSTON TRANSITIONAL UNIT AS A 
TEMPORARY REMAND CENTRE 2002

Notifiable Instrument NI 2002- 121

Under section 5(1) of the Remand Centres Act 1976 (ACT) (the Act), the Administrator has informed me:

a)	that the number of detainees in the Belconnen Remand Centre declared by instrument, published pursuant to section 4 of the Act, in the 
Gazette No. S169 of 27 September 1976 is likely to be greater than the number that can be held conveniently in the Centre; and

b)	that 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 on which the detention cells of the Symonston Transitional Unit of the Australian Capital Territory are located, to be a temporary remand centre for the period of 12 months commencing from the date of this notification. 

Dated this…19 day of April 2002

Ted Quinlan
Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Corrections