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DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 177

Request for transfer to prison

S. 177(1) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 140.

    (1)     A security resident detained in a residential treatment facility under section 166 may at any time apply to VCAT for VCAT to make a recommendation to the Secretary that the security resident be transferred to a prison.

S. 177(2) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 13.

    (2)     If VCAT after receiving a report from the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety makes a recommendation for the transfer of a security resident to a prison, the Secretary may terminate the security order.

S. 177(3) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 13.

    (3)     If the Secretary terminates the security order under subsection (2), the person is to be discharged as a security resident upon being placed in the legal custody of the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety under the Corrections Act 1986 .

S. 178 repealed by No. 19/2019 s. 138.

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S. 179 (Heading) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 141(1).

S. 179 amended by No. 19/2019 ss 14, 141(2).



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