AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

REMAND CENTRES ACT 1976

DECLARATION OF TEMPORARY REMAND CENTRE

Notifiable Instrument 2002 NI 93

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 Australian Federal Police Watch house is located, to be a temporary remand centre for the period of 12 months commencing from gazettal of this notice.

Dated this   23rd   day of    November   2001

Ted Quinlan
Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Corrections