South Australian Numbered Acts

CROSS-BORDER JUSTICE ACT 2009 (NO 18 OF 2009) - SECT 96

96—Persons committed to detention or custody under WA law

        (1)         If, in a WA proceeding, the person who is the subject of the proceeding is required by a hospital order made under section 5(2) of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 (Western Australia) to be—

            (a)         detained in a State treatment centre; or

            (b)         kept in custody in another place in the State,

the person may be detained in the treatment centre, or kept in custody in the place, in accordance with the order.

        (2)         If—

            (a)         in a WA proceeding, a custody order as defined in section 3 of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 (Western Australia) is made in respect of the person who is the subject of the proceeding; and

            (b)         the person is required under section 24(1) or 25(2) of that Act to be detained in a State treatment centre or another place in the State,

the person may be detained in the treatment centre or other place in accordance with the order.