(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police may, by instrument, authorise the transfer of a detained person in the legal custody of the Chief Commissioner from—
(a) a police gaol to another police gaol; or
(b) a police gaol to a hospital or other facility for the purpose of medical assessment, care or treatment of the detained person; or
(c) a hospital or other facility to another hospital or other facility for the purpose of medical assessment, care or treatment of the detained person; or
(d) a hospital or other facility to a police gaol.
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not include in an instrument of transfer, made under subsection (1), a provision that is inconsistent with any order of a court in force in relation to the custody or place of detention of the detained person proposed to be transferred.
Note to s. 104DF amended by No. 39/2022 s. 808.
Note
Further provisions for the transfer or return of detained persons and the
custody of detained persons can be found in other Acts including the Mental
Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 , the Disability Act 2006 and the
Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 .
Pt 9B (Headings and ss 104E– 104N) inserted by No. 81/2005 s. 9.
Part 9B—Provisions concerning monitored serious sex offenders
Division 1—Preliminary matters
S. 104E inserted by No. 81/2005 s. 9.