Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

MONITORING OF PLACES OF DETENTION (OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE) ACT 2018

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Notes  
   5.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   6.      Meaning of detaining authority  
   7.      Meaning of place of detention  
   8.      Relationship to other laws  

   PART 2--VISITS BY SUBCOMMITTEE

   9.      Object––pt 2  
   10.     Ministerial arrangements  
   11.     Duties of detaining authority and responsible Minister for places of  
   12.     Subcommittee's access to places of detention  
   13.     Access to information  
   14.     Subcommittee may interview detainees and other people  
   15.     Protection against actions etc  
   16.     Protection against reprisals  

   PART 3--MISCELLANEOUS

   17.     Directions of responsible Minister  
   18.     Regulation-making power  
           DICTIONARY
           ENDNOTES