AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

REMAND CENTRES – DECLARATION OF A TEMPORARY REMAND CENTRE 2002 NO. 3

Notifiable Instrument NI2002 - 344

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 that portion of Block 11 Section 49 Symonston which is within the boundary shown hatched on the attached plan to be a temporary remand centre for the period of 12 months commencing from the date of this notification.

Ted Quinlan MLA
Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Corrections

Dated this 8 day of November 2002