6A When is a person in the legal custody of the S. 6A Secretary? inserted by No. 45/2001 s. 5. (1) A person is deemed to enter the legal custody of the Secretary when— (a) an order of imprisonment is made in relation to the person; and (b) either of the following events occurs— (i) a person acting under lawful authority on behalf of the Secretary takes physical custody of the person; or (ii) a person at a prison acting under lawful authority on behalf of the Secretary receives the person into the prison. (1A) Subsection (1) applies each time when— S. 6A(1A) inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 14(2). (a) a person who has ceased to be in the legal S. 6A(1A)(a) amended by custody of the Secretary by force of No. 41/2015 s. 38. section 6B(1)(ca) is again taken into custody and detained under the order referred to in that section; and (b) either of the events referred to in subsection (1)(b) occurs. (2) A person who enters the legal custody of the Secretary under subsection (1) is deemed to remain in that custody until that custody ceases under this Part. (3) This section applies to a person regardless of the person's age. S. 6A(4) (4) A person in respect of whom a detention order or inserted by an interim detention order within the meaning of No. 91/2009 the s. 201(3). Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 has been made is deemed
S. 6A inserted by No. 45/2001 s. 5. 6A When is a person in the legal custody of the Secretary? (1) A person is deemed to enter the legal custody of the Secretary when— (a) an order of imprisonment is made in relation to the person; and (b) either of the following events occurs— (i) a person acting under lawful authority on behalf of the Secretary takes physical custody of the person; or (ii) a person at a prison acting under lawful authority on behalf of the Secretary receives the person into the prison. S. 6A(1A) inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 14(2). (1A) Subsection (1) applies each time when— S. 6A(1A)(a) amended by No. 41/2015 s. 38. (a) a person who has ceased to be in the legal custody of the Secretary by force of section 6B(1)(ca) is again taken into custody and detained under the order referred to in that section; and (b) either of the events referred to in subsection (1)(b) occurs. (2) A person who enters the legal custody of the Secretary under subsection (1) is deemed to remain in that custody until that custody ceases under this Part. (3) This section applies to a person regardless of the person's age. S. 6A(4) inserted by No. 91/2009 s. 201(3). (4) A person in respect of whom a detention order or an interim detention order within the meaning of the Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Supervision) Act 2009 has been made is deemed
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