Victorian Current Acts

CRIMES (MENTAL IMPAIRMENT AND UNFITNESS TO BE TRIED) ACT 1997 - SECT 26

    (1)     If a court declares that a person is liable to supervision under this Part, the court must make a supervision order in respect of the person ^[4] .

    (2)     A supervision order may—

        (a)     commit the person to custody ( custodial supervision order )—

              (i)     subject to subsection (3), in an appropriate place; or

              (ii)     subject to subsection (4), in a prison; or

        (b)     release the person on conditions decided by the court and specified in the order ( non‑custodial supervision order ).

    (3)     The court must not make a supervision order—

        (a)     committing a person to custody in an appropriate place; or

S. 26(3)(b) substituted by No. 29/2010 s. 19(1), amended by No. 15/2015 s. 37(3)(a).

        (b)     providing for a person to receive services in an appropriate place or from a disability service provider or the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services—

unless it has received a certificate under section 47 stating that the facilities or services necessary for the order are available.

    (4)     The court must not make a supervision order committing a person to custody in a prison unless it is satisfied that there is no practicable alternative in the circumstances.

S. 26(5)–(7) repealed by No. 7/2002 s. 7(1).

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S. 26(8) substituted by No. 29/2010 s. 19(2), amended by Nos 26/2014 s. 437, 15/2015 s. 37(3)(b).

    (8)     A person who is detained in custody in a designated mental health service under a supervision order is deemed to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services.

S. 26(9) inserted by No. 29/2010 s. 19(2), amended by Nos 15/2015 s. 37(3)(c), 19/2019 s. 241.

    (9)     A person who is detained in custody in a residential treatment facility under a supervision order is deemed to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Note to s. 26(9) amended by No. 15/2015 s. 38(1).

Note

Section 6A of the Corrections Act 1986 deems a person in custody in a prison to be in the custody of the Secretary to the Department of Justice and   Regulation.