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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending - Status of residents

21: Legal custody of residents

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"Who is in charge of you when you are in a special residence or care"

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The chief executive is in charge of every resident. You are considered a resident as soon as a Judge makes an interim detention order or a public protection order. This means the chief executive has legal custody of you while you are in a residence or outside under the control of certain people, such as the manager, a staff member, or a corrections officer or Police employee acting under section 73(1).

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Part 1Detention and supervision of persons posing very high risk of imminent serious sexual or violent offending
Status of residents

21Legal custody of residents

  1. The chief executive has the legal custody of every resident.

  2. Legal custody under subsection (1) of a resident commences as soon as a Judge pronounces an interim detention order or a public protection order and continues while the resident—

  3. is detained in a residence; or
    1. is for any reason outside the residence under the control or supervision of any of the following persons who is acting under the authority of the Act:
      1. the manager:
        1. a staff member of the residence:
          1. a corrections officer or Police employee acting under section 73(1).

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