Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (154 of 2020)

Schedule 1   Amendments of Territory Acts

Part 3   Supreme Court of Norfolk Island

Division 1   Amendments

Norfolk Island Act 1979

115   Subsections 60F(1) to (3)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) If a court of a prescribed State or Territory makes an order under subsection 60C(5) in respect of a person accused of an offence, an issuing officer may:

(a) by warrant directed to all constables, require the accused to be conveyed in custody from Norfolk Island to the prison specified in the warrant and delivered into the custody of the officer for the time being in charge of that prison; and

(b) by warrant directed to that officer, require the officer to detain the accused in that prison under this section.

(2) The warrant may be executed by any constable.

(3) An accused delivered into custody at a prison in the prescribed State or Territory under a warrant under subsection (1) may, subject to any order of the court, be detained in that prison or any other prison in the prescribed State or Territory for so long as the accused's detention is necessary for the execution of the order under subsection 60C(5).