Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Governor in Council may by Order appoint any premises or place to be a prison.
(2) The name of a prison is the name given to it in the Order establishing it.
(3) The maximum number of persons to be detained in a prison is the number (if any) stated in the Order establishing it.
S. 10(3A) inserted by No. 45/1996 s. 14(1).
(3A) The Governor in Council may by Order revoke the appointment of any place or premises as a prison, including a place or premises listed in column 2 of Schedule 2.
S. 10(4) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 14(2).
(4) An Order under subsection (1) or (3A) comes into operation on its making or on a later date stated in the Order.
S. 10(5) amended by No. 45/1996 s. 14(3).
(5) The Minister must within seven days after the making of an Order under subsection (1) or (3A) publish a copy of the Order in the Government Gazette.
S. 10(6) amended by No. 16/1987 s. 4(3)(Sch. 1 item 7(a)).
(6) Each of the premises and places which were prisons under Part V of the Community Services Act 1970 as in force immediately before the commencement of this section and were known by the names listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 is deemed to be appointed as a prison under this section by the name given to it in column 2 of that Schedule.
(7) Upon the name of a prison being changed a reference in an Act other than this Act, a subordinate instrument or a document to the prison by its old name is deemed to be a reference to the prison by its new name.