CUSTOMS REGULATIONS (REPEALED)

REGULATION 178   DETENTION PLACES  

178(1)   [Prescribed place]  

For the purposes of paragraph 219ZB(1)(a) of the Act, a place that is a room in a place to which section 234AA of the Act applies is prescribed.

178(2)   [Prescribed standards]  

For the purposes of paragraph 219ZB(1)(b) of the Act, the following standards are prescribed:

(a) persons inside the place are concealed from the view of persons outside;

(b) the place is secured against access by persons other than Officers of Customs, police officers and any person who, under subsection 219R(5) of the Act, is entitled to be present in the place;

(c) the place has reasonably comfortable ventilation and illumination.

178(3)   [Places prescribed for sec 219ZB(2)(a)]  

For the purposes of paragraph 219ZB(2)(a) of the Act, a place that is:

(a) a room in a place to which section 234AA of the Act applies; or

(b) a hospital; or

(c) the surgery or other practising rooms of a medical practitioner registered or licensed under a law of a State or Territory providing for the registration of medical practitioners;

is prescribed.