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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165BG

Authorised officers must facilitate communication and review detention

    (1)     An authorised officer must facilitate any reasonable request for communication made by a person who is detained under section 165B(1)(b) or 165BA(1)(b).

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), an authorised officer must, at least once every 24 hours during the period that a person is detained, review whether the authorised officer is satisfied that the continued detention of the person is reasonably necessary to eliminate or reduce a serious risk to public health.

    (3)     If it is not reasonably practicable for a review under subsection (2) to be undertaken within a particular 24 hour period, the review must occur as soon as practicable and without undue delay.

S. 165BH inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.



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