New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT FORENSIC PROVISIONS ACT 2020 - SECT 162

162 Functions of Commissioner of Corrective Services and Secretary of Department of Communities and Justice

(1) Despite any provision of this Act or any order made under this Act, the Commissioner of Corrective Services and the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice may exercise any of their functions in relation to a forensic patient or correctional patient who is detained in a correctional centre or detention centre if the function is exercised for the purpose of maintaining the security, good order or safety, in any way, of the correctional centre or detention centre or its inmates.

(2) The Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice may delegate any of the Secretary's functions under this Part (other than this power of delegation) to the Executive Director, Juvenile Justice, Department of Communities and Justice.