Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2018

Number: A2018-3
Status: In Force

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
18 September 2024	HTML PDF Word	R2	18 September 2024	Republication for amendments by A2024-41

Administering Minister and Directorate

Attorney-General - Justice and Community Safety Directorate

Legislative instruments

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Commencement Notice 2018(Repealed)	Repealed	Commencement notices	s 2	20 April 2018 - 1 May 2018	CN2018-3
Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Regulation 2024	None	Subordinate laws	s 18	18 September 2024	SL2024-34
Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) ACT National Preventive Mechanism Guidelines 2025 (No 1)	None	Notifiable instruments	s 8E	5 September 2025	NI2025-494

Point-in-time versions

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The following table lists 2 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
18 September 2024	HTML PDF Word	R2	18 September 2024	Republication for amendments by A2024-41
30 April 2018 - 17 September 2024	HTML PDF Word	R1	30 April 2018	Republication for new Act
30 April 2018	HTML PDF Word	As notified	28 February 2018

Bill and Explanatory statement

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2017.

Notification statement

The Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2018 has been passed by the Legislative Assembly and is notified under the Legislation Act 2001.

Notified: 28 February 2018 (Parliamentary Counsel)

Act as notified

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
28 February 2018	30 April 2018	HTML PDF Word

Commencement

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	28 February 2018	LA s 75 (1)
remainder	30 April 2018	s 2 and CN2018-3

Expiries

Provision	Expiry date	Expiry method
s 8X	commences 18 September 2029	s 8X (3)

Amendments

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2024-41	Monitoring of Places of Detention Legislation Amendment Act 2024	pt 3	18 September 2024