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OPCAT IMPLEMENTATION ACT 2021 (NO. 26 OF 2021) - SECT 5

Meaning of place of detention

(1)  In this section –
closed psychiatric facility means the following facilities within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013 :
(a) an approved facility;
(b) a secure institution.
(2)  In this Act, a place of detention is any place, subject to the jurisdiction and control of Tasmania, that the Subcommittee must be allowed to visit under Article 4 of the Optional Protocol.
(3)  Without limiting subsection (2) , each of the following places that are subject to the jurisdiction and control of Tasmania and in which persons are deprived of their liberty is a place of detention for the purposes of this Act:
(a) a correctional centre, prison, detention centre or other similar place (however described);
(b) a hospital or other similar place;
(c) a closed psychiatric facility;
(d) a police station or court cell complex;
(e) a vehicle used or operated to convey detainees;
(f) a place prescribed for the purposes of this section.



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