Version as at 1 July 2023 Crimes of Torture Act 1989 Part 2 s 16 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 18 December 2002, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 2 place of detention means any place in New Zealand where persons are or may be deprived of liberty, including, for example, detention or custody in— (a) a prison: (b) a Police cell: (c) a court cell: (d) a hospital: (da) a treatment centre as defined in section 4 of the Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017: (e) a secure facility as defined in section 9(2) of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003: (f) a residence established under section 364 of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989: (fa) a residence established under section 114 of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014: (g) premises approved under the Immigration Act 2009: (h) a service penal establishment as defined in section 2 of the Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971 Subcommittee means the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture, established in accordance with Part II of the Optional Protocol. Section 16: added, on 5 December 2006, by section 7 of the Crimes of Torture Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 68). Section 16 National Preventive Mechanism paragraph (b): amended, on 29 November 2007, by section 26 of the Independent Police Conduct Authority Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 38). Section 16 National Preventive Mechanism paragraph (c): amended, on 1 July 2023, by section 41 of the Children and Young People’s Commission Act 2022 (2022 No 44). Section 16 National Preventive Mechanism paragraph (d): substituted, on 1 July 2009, by section 87 of the Court Martial Act 2007 (2007 No 101). Section 16 place of detention paragraph (da): inserted, on 21 February 2018, by section 122(1) of the Substance Addiction (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 2017 (2017 No 4). Section 16 place of detention paragraph (f): amended, on 14 July 2017, by section 149 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Oranga Tamariki) Legislation Act 2017 (2017 No 31). Section 16 place of detention paragraph (fa): inserted, on 12 December 2014, by section 144 of the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014 (2014 No 68). Section 16 place of detention paragraph (g): amended, at 2 am on 29 November 2010, by section 406(1) of the Immigration Act 2009 (2009 No 51). 9

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