Corrective Services Act 2006
Queensland Corrective
Services Act
2006 Current as at [Not applicable]
Indicative reprint note This is an
unofficial version of a
reprint of this Act that incorporates all proposed
amendments to the Act included in the Justice Legislation
(Links to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Bill 2018.
This indicative reprint has been prepared for
information only— it is not an authorised reprint of the
Act . An enacted
but uncommenced amendment
included in
the Health Practitioner
Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment
Act
2017 No. 32 has also been incorporated in this
indicative reprint. Amendments to this Act are also included in
the Human Rights Bill 2018. These proposed amendments are not
included in this indicative reprint. The point-in-time
date for this indicative reprint is the introduction date
for the Justice Legislation (Links to Terrorist
Activity) Amendment Bill 2018— 13 November
2018.
©
State of Queensland 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative
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Queensland Corrective
Services Act 2006 Contents Chapter 1
1 2 3
4 5 Chapter 2
Part
1 6 7 8
9 10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18 Part 2 Division 1
19 20 Page
Preliminary Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 25 Commencement . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25 Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 26 References
to prisoner
and corrective services
facility .
. . . . . . . 26
Prisoners Custody and
admission of
prisoners Where a person
is to
be detained
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
When
a person is taken to be in the chief executive’s custody . . 27
When
a person is taken to be in the commissioner’s
custody .
. .
28
Authority for
admission to
corrective services facility . . . . . . . . . 29
Record of prisoner’s details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Prisoner to be informed of entitlements and
duties .
. . . . . . . . . .
30
Prisoner security classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Reviewing prisoner’s security classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Changing prisoner’s security classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Notice of decision about prisoner’s security classification following review
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 32 Reconsidering decision to change
prisoner’s security classification 33
Application of Judicial Review Act 1991 to
decisions about prisoner security classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33
Accommodation .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Management of
prisoners Management of
prisoners generally Effect of prisoner’s security
classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34 Directions
to prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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22 23 24
25 26 26A
27 Division 1A 27A
28 28A 28B
28C 28D 28E
28F 28G 28H
Division 2 29
30 31 32
Division 3 33
34 35 36
37 38 39
Medical examination or treatment . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Private medical examination or treatment . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dangerously ill prisoner . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Death of prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Registration of birth . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Civil partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Change of name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Carrying on business or dealing in artwork Definitions for div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Carrying on a
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Restriction on prisoner dealing
with prisoner’s artwork . . . . . . . . 42
Giving prisoner’s
artwork to
a person
as a gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Giving
prisoner’s artwork to a person to hold on the prisoner’s behalf 43
Giving prisoner’s
artwork to
the State
for disposal
as agreed
. . . 43
No
consideration to be paid for holding prisoner’s artwork under
s 28C
43 Person holding prisoner’s artwork for
prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44 Prisoner and not the State has
responsibility for collecting artwork held on behalf of
the prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Limited liability of persons holding artwork
on behalf
of prisoner 45 Children accommodated with female prisoners Application for
accommodation of child with female prisoner . . .
46 Deciding application
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 47 Removing
child from
corrective services facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Search of accommodated child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Search of
prisoners Power to search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Personal search of prisoners leaving particular
part of
corrective services facility
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 50 Search requiring the removal of
clothing of prisoners on chief executive’s direction . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Search requiring
the removal
of clothing
of prisoners
on chief
executive’s order—generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Search requiring the removal of clothing on reasonable
suspicion 51 Requirements for
search requiring the
removal of
clothing .
. . . .
51
Body
search of particular prisoner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
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43 Division 4 Subdivision
1 44
45 46 47
48 49 Subdivision
2 50 Subdivision 3 51 Subdivision
4 52
Division 5 53
54 55 56
57 58 59
Division 6 60
61 62 63
64 65 Division 7
Subdivision 1 Register of searches . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53 Who may be required to give test
sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Giving test sample . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Consequences of positive test sample
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mail, phone calls and other
communications Mail Prisoner’s
ordinary mail at prisoner’s own expense . . . . . . . . . . 56
Opening, searching and censoring
mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seizing and otherwise dealing
with mail
containing information about
the commission of an
offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 57 Seizing harmful or prohibited things
contained in privileged mail 57
Seizing ordinary mail and things contained
in it . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58 Register of privileged mail searches .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Phone calls Phone calls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Other communications Personal
videoconferences for approved prisoners . . . . . . . . . .
60
Recording or
monitoring prisoner communications Recording or monitoring prisoner
communication . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Safety orders Safety order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Consecutive safety orders
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Review of safety
order—doctor
or psychologist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Review of safety order—official
visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
64
Health
examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
Temporary safety order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Record . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Maximum security orders Maximum security order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Consecutive maximum security
orders .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Other matters about maximum
security order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Review of maximum security order
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Health
examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Record . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Transfer and removal of prisoners Transfer to
a work
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67 Subdivision 2 68
69 70 Subdivision
3 71
Division 8 Subdivision
1 72
73 Subdivision 3 81 82
Subdivision 4 83
84 85 87
88 Division 9 Subdivision
1 89
90 91 92
93 Subdivision 2 94 95
Subdivision 3 96 Division
9A Work order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72 Restriction on eligibility for
transfer to work camp . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Other transfer and removal of
prisoners Transfer to another corrective services
facility or a health institution 74
Transfer to court . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75 Removal of prisoner for law enforcement
purposes . . . . . . . . . .
75
Reconsidering transfer decision Reconsidering decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Leave of absence Chief
executive’s powers Power to grant leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Compassionate
leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Restrictions on
granting particular leave Leave for
prisoner serving a life sentence, or serious violent
offender 79
Leave for other particular prisoners . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Other provisions about leave of
absence Prisoner’s expenses while on leave
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Prisoner’s duties while on leave
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Suspending
or cancelling
order for
leave of
absence .
. . . . . . . .
81
Leave of absence is part of period of imprisonment . . . . . . . . . .
81
When leave of absence is not required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
Interstate leave of absence
Interstate leave permit Interstate leave permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Effect of interstate leave permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Amending or cancelling permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Notice to
participating State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Liability for
damage . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Corresponding interstate leave
permit Effect of
corresponding interstate leave permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Escape of interstate prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Corresponding law Corresponding law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Approvals
for Mutual
Assistance in
Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cwlth) Page
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96D Division 10 Subdivision
1 97 Subdivision 2 98
99 100 101
Subdivision 3 103 104
105 106 Subdivision
4 107
Division 11 108
109 110 111
Division 12 112
Chapter 3 Part 1
113 114 115
116 117 118
119 Mutual assistance approval . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Giving prisoner notice of approval and
conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Complying with conditions of approval
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Time
spent while released under mutual assistance approval is part
of period of imprisonment . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Conditional release Eligibility for
conditional release Eligibility . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 87 Conditional release order
Making order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Risk to community
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Good conduct and industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Refusing conditional release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Amending,
suspending or
cancelling order Amendment, suspension or
cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Warrant for prisoner’s arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Information notice and changing chief
executive’s
decision . . . .
91
Automatic cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
Expiry of
order Expiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
92
Discharge or release Discharge or release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Effect of remission on discharge day for cumulative sentence
. .
93
Discharge within
7 days
before discharge day
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Remaining in corrective services
facility after discharge
day . . . 94
Arrest of
prisoners Arresting prisoner unlawfully at
large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Breaches of discipline and
offences Breaches of
discipline by
prisoners Breaches of
discipline generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Breach of
discipline constituting an offence
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Prisoner not to
be punished
twice for
same act
or omission
. . . .
97
Considering
whether breach of discipline committed . . . . . . . . . 97
Further provisions about considering
major breach
of discipline 99 Consequences of breach of discipline
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Review of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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Part
2 122 123 124
Part
3 125 126 127
128 129 130
131 132 133
134 135 136
137 Part 4 138
139 140 141
142 Part 5 Division 1
143 Division 2 144
145 146 147
148 Disciplinary breach register . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separate
confinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Offences by prisoners Unlawful
assembly, riot and mutiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Dealing with prohibited thing . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other offences
. .
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. General
offences Definition for pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Helping prisoner at large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obstructing staff member
or proper
officer of
a court . . . . . . . . .
Taking prohibited thing into corrective services
facility or
giving prohibited thing
to prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . Removing things from corrective services
facility . . . . . . . . . . . . Unlawful
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Killing or
injuring corrective services dog . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . Interviewing and photographing prisoner etc.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interfering with
records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
False or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Person near prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary detention for security
offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power to require name and address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seizing property Seizing
property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receipt for seized property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Forfeiting seized thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Returning seized thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power of court in relation
to seized
thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use
of force Use of reasonable force Authority to use reasonable
force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use
of lethal force Training for
use of
lethal force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issue, handling and storage
of weapons
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. Use of lethal force
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Requirements for
use of
lethal force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reporting
use of lethal force
. .
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104 104
105
106
106
106 107 108
108 108 109 110
111
112
112
113
114
114
116
116
117
118
119
119
120
120
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149 150 151
Part
2 Division 1 152
153 154 Division 2
155 156 156A
156B 157 157A
158 159 160
161 162 163
Division 3 164
165 166 167
168 169 170
171 Part 3 172
173 Part 4 Corrective
Services Act 2006 Contents Corrective
services facilities Establishing corrective services
facilities Prisons . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Prison amenities . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other corrective services facilities . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visiting corrective services facilities General
Warnings to visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prisoner’s entitlement to visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contact during personal visit
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Procedure for
visits Access approval required for
particular visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deciding application for access approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interim access approval for
personal visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Urgent access approval for
commercial visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Suspending
access approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amending or revoking access
approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring personal visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Search of visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identification of visitor
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Visitor may be
directed to
leave corrective services
facility . . . .
Proof of identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Direction to visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Further provisions about particular
visitors Accredited or
government visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Casual site visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Children . . .
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. Law enforcement
visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal
visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other visitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Staff members Staff member
interacting with prisoner,
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Search of staff member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Searching corrective services facilities
and vehicles 121
121 122 122 123
123
124
125
127
127
128
130
130
131
131
132
132
132
133
133
134
134
134
134
135
136
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175 Chapter 5 Part 1
Division 1 Subdivision
1 176
177 Subdivision 2 178 179
180 181 181A
182 182A 183
184 185 185A
185B Division 2 Subdivision
1 186
Subdivision 2 188
189 190 191
192 Power to search corrective services
facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Power to search vehicle . . . . . . . .
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Parole Parole
orders Application for parole order
Exceptional circumstances parole order
Applying for an
exceptional circumstances parole order
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exceptional circumstances parole order
may start . . . . . . 138
Other parole order Definitions for sdiv 2
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Application
of sdiv
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Applying for parole order
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Parole eligibility date for prisoner serving
term of
imprisonment for life
140 Parole eligibility date for prisoner
serving term of imprisonment for life for a repeat serious
child sex
offence .
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. 141 Parole eligibility date for serious violent
offender . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Parole eligibility date for prisoner serving
term of
imprisonment for other
particular serious offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Parole eligibility date
for prisoner detained
for a
period directed by
a judge under
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 1945,
pt 3
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Parole eligibility date
for other
prisoners .
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145
Parole eligibility date for prisoner serving
terms of
imprisonment in particular circumstances
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146
Parole eligibility date
for particular prisoners granted
exceptional circumstances
parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Parole eligibility date
for prisoner serving
term of
imprisonment for an
offence against Weapons Act
1990, s
50, 50B
or 65 . . . . . . . . .
149
Hearing and deciding application for
parole order Preliminary Definition for
div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Procedure Submission from
eligible person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150
Appearing before
parole board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Applying for
leave to
appear before parole
board .
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. 151 When application for parole order lapses
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Parole board not bound by sentencing court’s recommendation or
parole eligibility date
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193A 193B 193C
193D 193E 194
Division 3 199
Division 4 200
200A Division 5 Subdivision
1 201
202 Subdivision 2 205 206
208 Subdivision 2A 208A 208B
208C Subdivision 3 209 210
Subdivision 4 211
Division 6 212
213 Decision of parole board . . . . . . .
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Deciding particular applications where
victim’s body or remains have not been
located . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Deciding applications for parole orders made
by prisoners with links to terrorism . . . . . . . .
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. 156 Deferring decision to obtain
information about terrorism links . .
157 Parole board may ask commissioner for
reports about prisoners’
links to terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
157
Reports about prisoners’
links to
terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Types of parole orders granted
by parole
board .
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159
Court ordered parole order
Court ordered parole order
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160 Conditions
of parole
and directions to
prisoners Conditions of
parole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
161
Directions to prisoners subject
to parole
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
162
Amending,
suspending or cancelling
parole order Chief executive powers Chief
executive may amend parole
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163
Parole board may
cancel amendment .
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163
Parole board powers generally Amendment, suspension or
cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Warrant for
prisoner’s
arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Reconsidering decision to
suspend or
cancel parole order
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. 166 Requests for immediate suspension Request for immediate suspension of
parole order . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Parole board or
prescribed board member
may suspend
parole order and issue warrant . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167 Parole board must consider suspension
by prescribed board member 168 Automatic cancellation Automatic
cancellation of order by further imprisonment . . . . . .
169
Warrant for prisoner’s arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Effect of cancellation Effect of cancellation .
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. 170 Other
provisions about parole
orders Travelling
interstate while released on
parole .
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172
Travelling overseas while released
on parole
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217 Division 2 218
219 220 Division 3
221 222 223
224 225 226
227 228 229
Division 4 230
231 232 233
234 235 Division 5
236 Division 6 237
238 239 240
241 Prisoner released on parole taken to
be still serving sentence . . 172
Expiry of parole order . . . . . . . .
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173 Parole Board Queensland
Establishment and functions
Establishment . . . . . . . .
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. 173 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
173
Powers Powers generally
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. 173 Power to
require attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
174
Expenses of attendance and
documents produced . . . . . . . . . .
175
Membership Membership .
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175
President and deputy president
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176
Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Term
of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Conditions of
appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
178
Vacancy in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
Leave of absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
179
Acting appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Preservation of
rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Proceedings Conduct of
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Quorum . . .
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Meetings generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Meetings about
particular matters relating
to parole
orders . . . .
183
Attendance of
staff member at meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
Parole Board Queensland Secretariat Establishment
and functions .
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. 185 Pension entitlements of president
and deputy
president Judges pension
scheme applies to former senior
board member 185
Period for which person holds
office as
president or deputy president 186
Pension at end of appointment
generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186 Pension if appointment ends because of
ill health . . . . . . . . . . . 187
When
pension becomes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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242C 242D Division 7
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247 247A Chapter 6
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1 Division 1 248
249 250 251
Division 2 Subdivision
1 252
253 254 Subdivision
2 255
256 257 Pension of
spouse and children on death of former senior board member
188 What happens if former senior board
member is removed from office as a judge . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 189 What happens if former senior board
member’s appointment is terminated because of
misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 189 Former senior board member
entitled to
other pension . . . . . . . 189
Provision
about agreements and
court orders under
Family Law
Act 1975 (Cwlth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
Other matters Guidelines
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190
Annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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190 Special report . . . . . . . .
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. 191 Disclosure
of interests .
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191
General
Legal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Corrective services officer subject
to direction of
parole board . . 192
Chief executive must prepare
and give
report to
parole board . . 192
Invalidity of parole board’s acts, proceedings
or decisions .
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193
Authentication of document
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. 193 When a person promotes terrorism
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. 193 Administration Grant of
financial assistance
Application for
grant Application
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194
No
entitlement to financial assistance .
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194
Approval of
grant .
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194
Who
may receive approval for one-off financial
assistance . . . .
195
Conditions
of grant Agreement No financial
assistance without agreement
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. 195 What financial assistance agreement is
to contain
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. 196 Chief executive’s powers not limited
by agreement . . . . . . . . . .
197
Insurance and
prescribed requirements Insurance . .
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. 197 Prescribed requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Grantee must comply with
prescribed requirements .
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Part
4 275 276 277
278 279 280
281 282 Part 5
283 284 Part 6
285 Monitoring compliance with
conditions Chief executive’s examination of
records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199 Noncompliance with conditions and
prescribed requirements Chief executive’s powers if suspicion
that condition not complied with 199
Chief executive may ask grantee to provide
explanation . . . . . . 199
Chief executive may suspend further payments
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Compliance
notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 200 Chief executive Functions and
powers .
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201
Administrative directions .
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202
Administrative procedures .
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. 202 Programs and services to
help offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Monitoring devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Declaration of
emergency .
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. 204 Commissioner to provide police to help chief executive . . . . . . . 204
Community service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Delegation of functions of
chief executive .
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. 205 Engaged service providers Engaging service
provider .
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. 206 Acts applying to engaged service provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Review of engaged service provider’s performance .
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. 209 Corrective services officers Appointing
corrective services officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Powers of corrective services officer
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209
Issue of identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Production or display of identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
210
Corrective services dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Use
of corrective services dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Corrective services dog may accompany corrective services
officer 211 Application of local laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
211
Doctors Appointment
of doctor
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. 212 Doctor’s functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
212
Official visitors Appointing
official visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
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289 290 291
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295 296 297
298 299 300
301 302 Division 2
303 304 305
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9 306 Part 10 307
308 309 310
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11 Division 1 311
311A 312 Corrective
Services Act 2006 Contents Assigning
official visitor to corrective services facility . . . . . . . .
. Remuneration, allowances and expenses . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terminating
appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Prisoner’s request to see official visitor .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Official
visitor’s function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . Official visitor powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Official visitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elders, respected persons and
spiritual healers Appointing
elders, respected persons and
spiritual healers . . . .
Inspectors Appointment Appointing
inspectors generally
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Appointing inspectors for an incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appointing chief inspector .
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. Appointment
conditions and limit on powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Issue of
identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Production or display of identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
When
inspector ceases to hold office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation .
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Return of identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Powers Inspector’s
powers generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspector’s power to require information .
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Inspectors’ reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Volunteers Authorising volunteer .
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. Prisoners of
a court Prisoner in proper officer of a court’s custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powers of proper officer of a court
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Delegation of powers of proper officer
of a
court . . . . . . . . . . . .
Court cells .
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. Property Prisoner’s
money Prisoners trust
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Dealing with amounts received
for prisoners in
particular cases Trust account records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 213
214 214 214
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Division 2 317
318 Part 12 319
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12A Division 1 319A
319B 319C Division 2
319D 319E 319F
Division 3 319G
319H 319I Part 12B
Division 1 319J
319K Division 2 319L
319M Division 3 319N
319O 319P 319Q
Payments to prisoner’s account
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Deductions from prisoner’s account
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Investment of prisoners trust fund . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Remuneration for prisoner . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Other property of prisoner
Bringing property into corrective
services facility . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
Dealing with property if
prisoner escapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Compensation Compensation
for lost
or damaged
property .
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. 229 Discrimination complaints Preliminary Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Purpose of part
and its
achievement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
231
Relationship with Anti-Discrimination Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Restrictions
on complaints No property
or interest
in right
of complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
231
Complaint to chief executive
required first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
232
Complaint to official visitor
required first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
232
Modifications When treatment of
offender by
protected defendant is
not direct discrimination . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 233 When term imposed on offender by
protected defendant is not indirect discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Restrictions on
tribunal compensation orders
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. 235 Victim
trust funds Preliminary Definitions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 236 Relationship between divs
2 to
4 and
div 5
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. 238 Restrictions on causes of action and agreements No property or
interest in
causes of
action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
No property or
interest under agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Establishment of
victim trust fund
Relevant money held in trust in a victim trust fund
. . . . . . . . . . .
240
Chief executive
to be
notified of
victim trust fund
. . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Victim trust fund to be transferred
to public
trustee .
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241
Discharge of protected defendant
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242
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Contents 319R
Division 4 Subdivision
1 319S 319T 319U
319V 319W 319X
319Y Subdivision 2 319Z
319ZA 319ZB
319ZC 319ZD
Subdivision 3 319ZE 319ZF
Division 5 319ZG
319ZH 319ZI
319ZJ Division 6
319ZK 319ZL
Part
13 Division 1 320
321 322 323
324 Relevant money to form a separate
victim trust fund . . . . . . . . . 243
Distribution of victim trust fund
Victim claims What is a victim
claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 243 Notice to
potential claimants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 244 Identification of potential
claimants .
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245
Giving of
information to potential claimants
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. 245 Starting
of victim claims proceedings despite
expiry of
limitation period 246 Notifying victim
claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 247 Payment of eligible victim claims from
victim trust fund . . . . . . . 248
Entity claims What is an
entity claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 250 Notice
to collection entities
of establishment of
victim trust fund
253
Notice to collection entities if
amount left
in victim
trust fund . . .
253
Notifying entity claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
254
Payment of
eligible entity claims
from victim
trust fund
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255
Payments to offender Payment to
offender of
victim trust fund surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . .
255
Payment to offender if
no victim
claims or
entity claims against
offender 256
Amounts not included in victim trust
fund Exception for future medical expenses . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Exception for legal costs . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Orders in relation to relevant money . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Agreements
in relation
to relevant
money .
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. 258 Miscellaneous Amounts payable
to public
trustee for
performance of functions
258
Maximum legal costs of victim claims
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. 259 Information Releasing
information to eligible persons Eligible persons register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Declaration must
be signed
by applicant or
nominee . . . . . . . . . 262
Application by
child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Deciding
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Removing details
from eligible persons
register . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
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Division 2 Subdivision
1 326 327 328
329 Subdivision 2 330
331 332 333
Subdivision 3 334
335 Subdivision 4 336 337
338 339 340
Division 3 341
342 343 344
Part
13A Division 1 344A
344B Division 2 Page 16
Right of eligible persons to receive
particular information . . . . . . 264
Releasing other information
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265 Criminal history of relevant
person Preliminary Purpose of div
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Definitions for div 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
Relationship with Criminal
Law (Rehabilitation
of Offenders) Act
1986 267
Chief executive must advise of duties of
disclosure etc. . . . . . . . 267
Disclosure of criminal history
Person seeking to be a relevant person must
disclose criminal history 267 Relevant person
must disclose changes
in criminal
history . . . .
268
Requirements for disclosure
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268 False, misleading or incomplete
disclosure or failure to disclose 268
Chief executive may obtain criminal
information from other entities about criminal
history and
particular investigations Chief executive
may obtain report from commissioner of police service
269 Prosecuting authority to
notify chief executive
about committal, conviction
etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
271
Control on
use of
information about criminal
history and
particular investigations Use of
information obtained under this division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Person to be advised of information obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
Reconsidering decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Confidentiality . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 274 Guidelines
for dealing
with information .
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. 275 Other provisions about information Confidential
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
275
Commissioner to
provide offender’s criminal history
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. .
277
Traffic history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
278
Pre-sentence report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
279
Use of dangerous
drugs for
training Preliminary Object of pt
13A .
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. 280 Definitions for pt 13A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
280
Drug
control officers
344C 344D 344E
344F 344G 344H
Division 3 344I
344J 344K 344L
Division 4 344M
344N 344O Part 14
345 Part 15 346
347 348 349
350 351 Part 16
352 353 354
355 Chapter 7 Part 1
356 357 Part 2
Corrective Services Act 2006
Contents Appointment and
qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 282 Appointment conditions . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Issue of identity card . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
283 Return of identity card . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
283 Function and powers of drug control
officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
284
Keeping and use
of dangerous drugs
for training Keeping
dangerous drug for use in department
training .
. .
. .
. .
284
Making drug control direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Entering into agency arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Requirements for
keeping of
dangerous drugs for training purposes
286 Register of dangerous drugs
for training Register of
dangerous drugs for training
. .
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. 288 Information to be recorded in
the register of
dangerous drugs for training 289
Restriction on release of information from
register of dangerous drugs for training . . .
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290
Surrender of
equipment and identity
card Staff members
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. 292 Legal provisions Royal
prerogative of mercy etc. not affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 293 Interpretation of
authority for admission
to corrective services
facility 293
Execution of warrant by corrective services
officer . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Protection from liability
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
293 Proceedings for offences . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Evidentiary aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Miscellaneous Review of
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
297
Exemption from tolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Approved forms .
. .
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. 297 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Transitional
and other
provisions for Corrective
Services Act 2006
Preliminary Definitions for
ch 7
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298
Continued actions or things to be read with necessary changes 298 Prisoners and other persons
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358 359 360
361 362 363
364 Division 2 365
366 367 368
369 370 371
Division 3 372
373 374 Division 4
375 376 377
378 379 Division 5
380 Division 6 381
382 383 Custody and
admission Where persons to be detained
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
When
persons in chief executive’s custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 299 When persons in commissioner’s
custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
300 Authority for admission to corrective
services facility . . . . . . . . . 300
Continuation
of record
for identifying prisoners .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
. 300 Prisoner classifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Asking chief executive to
reconsider decision about
classification 302 Management of prisoners
Direction given before commencement
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302
Order or direction for medical
examination or treatment
. .
. .
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. 302 Authorisation for medical
examination or treatment
. . . . . . . . . . 303
Application or
approval for private
medical examination or
treatment 303
Previous notice about lodging notice of
intention to marry and approval and decision
about marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Previous notice about change
of name
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304
Carrying on a
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
304
Children accommodated with female
prisoners Application or
approval for accommodation of child with prisoner
305 Reviewing
decisions about children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
305
Existing application for review of decision
about accommodation of
child with
prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Search of prisoners Existing order
for personal searching whenever prisoner leaves part of
secure facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
306
Existing direction or order for strip searching of
prisoner . . . . . .
306
Continuation of
register of
searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
306
Test
samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 307 Requirement for test sample before
commencement but test sample not given
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307
Mail
and phone calls Phone calls . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 307 Special treatment orders and crisis
support orders Special treatment order and crisis support
order . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Review of special treatment order
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308
Review of crisis
support order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
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384 Division 7 385
386 387 388
Division 8 389
390 391 392
Division 9 393
394 395 396
Division 10 397
398 399 Division
11 Subdivision 1 400 401
402 Subdivision 2 403 404
Division 12 405
Part
3 Division 1 406
Continuation of records about special
treatment orders and crisis support orders
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 309 Maximum security orders
Maximum security order . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Medical examination . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310 Review of maximum security order . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Continuation
of record
about maximum security
orders . . . . . . . 310
Transfer and
removal of
prisoners Transfer to
another corrective services facility
or health
institution 310 Transfer to court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Removal of prisoner for
law enforcement purposes . . . . . . . . . .
311
WORC
and WCC programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
312
Leave of
absence Existing order for leave other than resettlement leave . . . . . . . . 312
Existing order for resettlement
leave .
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. 313 Existing authority for prisoner’s expenses while
on leave
. .
. .
. .
313
Existing suspension of order for leave and requirement
to return
to corrective
services facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 313 Interstate leave of absence
Existing interstate leave permit . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Existing warrant for return of interstate
prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Liability for damage because of interstate
leave permit . . . . . . . 314
Remission
and conditional release Remission Existing grant
of remission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Eligibility for remission .
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315
Court order for
remaking decision about
remission .
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315
Conditional
release Existing conditional release order
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316
Notice about considering to
refuse to
make conditional release
order 317
Arrest of prisoners Existing warrant
for prisoner unlawfully at large . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 317 Breaches and offences
Breaches of discipline by prisoners
Act or omission
that is
a breach
of discipline before
commencement 318
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408 409 Division 2
410 411 412
Division 3 413
414 Part 4 Division 1
415 416 417
Division 2 418
419 420 421
422 423 424
425 Part 5 Division 1
426 427 428
429 430 431
Existing order for separate
confinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
319 Review of decision about breach of
discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Continuation of disciplinary breach
register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
319 Seizing property Dealing with
seized property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 320 Forfeiting seized thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
320
Review of decision to forfeit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Use
of lethal force Continuation of
authorisation for issue, handling and
storage of
weapons 321
Continuation of record of use of lethal
force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
321 Corrective services facilities
Existing corrective services
facilities Prisons . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 322 Community
corrections centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
WORC
sites and WCC sites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Visiting corrective services facilities Approval for personal visit
to be
a contact
visit .
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. 323 Existing application for approval
to access
corrective services facility 323
Approval to access corrective services
facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
323 Existing entitlement to apply for
review of refusal for access approval 324 Proof of identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
Existing suspension of approval
to access
corrective services facility 324 Existing entitlement to apply for review of suspension
of approval
to access
corrective services facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Monitoring
personal visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Parole Existing
post-prison community based
release orders Post-prison community based release
order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Eligibility
for post-prison
community based release
order .
. .
. .
. 325 Application for post-prison community
based release order
. .
. .
326
Existing authority for prisoner’s expenses while
on parole . . . . .
326
Travelling
interstate or overseas while
on parole . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Suspension of
parole order by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
327
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433 Division 2 Subdivision
1 434 435 436
437 Subdivision 2 438 439
440 441 Subdivision
3 442
Part
6 Division 1 443
444 445 446
447 448 Division 2
449 450 Division 3
451 452 453
454 455 456
457 Amendment, suspension or cancellation
of parole order by corrections board . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 328 Reviewing existing regional board’s
decision to refuse application 329
Existing community corrections boards
Queensland Community Corrections
Board Queensland Community Corrections
Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
330 Secretary
of Queensland Community Corrections Board
. .
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. .
330
Existing guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
331
Annual report
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331
Regional
community corrections boards Existing regional boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
331
Continuation of
member’s
appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
332
Secretary of existing regional
board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
332
Annual report of
existing regional board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
333
Powers of
corrections boards Powers of
corrections board to require attendance .
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333
Administration Chief
executive Functions and powers of chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
334
Existing
administrative policies and procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Existing services and programs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
334
Monitoring devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Declaration
of emergency .
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. 335 Commissioner to provide police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
335
Engaged service providers Existing
authorisation for engaged service
provider . . . . . . . . . .
335
Review of engaged service provider’s performance .
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. 336 Continuing appointments General
provision about appointments or
authorisations continued under div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 336 Corrective services officers . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Corrective services dogs . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Doctors . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 337 Official visitors . . . . . . . . . .
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337 Elders,
respected persons and
indigenous spiritual healers
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337
Inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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460 Division 4 461
462 463 464
Division 5 465
Division 6 466
467 468 Division 7
469 Part 7 470
471 472 473
474 Part 8 475
476 Part 9 477
478 Chapter 7A Part 1
478A 478B Part 2
Inspector’s reports . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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338 Prisoner in proper officer of the
court’s custody . . . . . . . . . . . . .
338 Property Prisoners trust
fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 339 Trust account records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Investment of
prisoners trust fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
339
Remuneration of
prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Compensation Compensation
for loss
or damage
to property . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
340
Information Concerned
persons .
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Commissioner to
provide criminal history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
341
Traffic history
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Legal provisions Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
341
Other transitional provisions References
in Acts
or documents .
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. 342 Authorities and actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
343
Corrective
Services Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
344
Previous expectations of prisoner
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345
All
release to be dealt with under this Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Declaration and
validation provisions Declaration
and validation about
particular warrants issued
under Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 348 Declaration about prisoner for 2000
Act, ch 5, pt 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Saving, transitional and validating
provisions for Corrective Services Act 2000 Purpose of pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Provisions for sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Other transitional provisions
Transitional provisions for Criminal Code
(Drink Spiking) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2006
Previous expectations of sexual offenders
about leave of absence 350 Previous
expectations of sexual offenders about resettlement leave
351 Transitional provisions for Corrective
Services and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2008
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478C 478D 478E
478F Part 3 479
Part
4 480 481 482
483 484 485
486 487 488
489 490 Part 5
490A Part 6 490B
Part
7 490C Part 8 490D
Part
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pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 352 Discrimination complaints not decided
before commencement . 353 Relevant money
awarded after commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . .
353 Legal costs of victim claims brought
before commencement . . . 353
Transitional provision for Criminal Code and
Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 Reference in sch
1 to Criminal Code provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
354 Transitional provisions for Corrective
Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2009 Definitions for
pt 4
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Existing order for reintegration
leave .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Existing approved resettlement leave
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Existing
applications for approval
of resettlement leave
programs 355 Previous expectations of prisoner
about reintegration leave
or resettlement
leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 356 Application of ss 185A and
199(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 356 Application of previous s
193(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 357 Declarations for s 209 . . . . . . . .
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357 Application of s 245 . . . . . . . . .
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358 Declarations for
ss 311
and 311A
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359
Transitional provision for
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 2012 Application of amendment
Act .
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359
Transitional provision for
Police Powers and Responsibilities (Motor Vehicle
Impoundment) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013
Application of
amendment Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
360
Transitional provision for
Criminal Law and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2013 Application of amendment
Act .
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360
Transitional
provision for Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Act 2014
Application of
s 182A
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361
Transitional provisions for
Serious and
Organised Crime Legislation Amendment Act
2016 Definition for
part .
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361
Prisoner classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
361
Keeping records . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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490I 490J 490K
Part
10 490L Part 11 490M
490N 490O 490P
490Q 490R 490S
490SA Part 12
490U 490V Part 13
490W 490X 490Y
Chapter 8 491
Schedule 1 Schedule 2
Schedule 4 Criminal
organisation segregation orders . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 362 Requirement for test sample before
commencement . . . . . . . . . 362
Directions to identified participant . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Monitoring devices . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
363 Transitional provision for Youth
Justice and Other Legislation (Inclusion of
17-year-old Persons) Amendment Act 2016 Continued
application of repealed s 18(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 363 Transitional provisions for Corrective
Services (Parole Board) and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Dissolution
of Queensland Parole
Board and
regional boards . . 365
Secretary of former board . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Existing instruments and decisions made by a
former board . . . 365
Existing
applications made to a former board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
367
Review of a regional board’s decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
367
Particular orders made by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Steps before appointing particular board
members . . . . . . . . . .
369
Transitional provisions for
Corrective Services (No Body, No Parole) Amendment Act 2017
Application of s 193A . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Existing applications for parole order or
applications under s 490R 369 Transitional
provisions for Justice Legislation (Links to Terrorist
Activity) Amendment Act 2018
Definition for
part .
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370
Existing applications for parole orders or
applications under s 490R 370 Application of
particular provisions to parole orders . . . . . . . .
. . 370 Repeal Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
371
Sexual offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Continuing provisions of
Corrective Services Act
2000 . . . .
376
Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
381
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Chapter 1 Preliminary [s 1]
An Act to
provide for
corrective services,
and for other
purposes Not
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Short
title This Act may be cited as the
Corrective Services Act 2006
. 2 Commencement (1)
Chapter 7, part 8 commences on the date of
assent. (2) The remaining provisions of this Act
commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
3 Purpose (1)
The
purpose of corrective services is community safety and
crime prevention through
the humane containment, supervision and
rehabilitation of offenders. (2)
This
Act recognises that every member of society has certain
basic human
entitlements, and
that, for
this reason,
an offender’s entitlements, other than
those that are necessarily diminished because
of imprisonment or
another court
sentence, should be safeguarded.
(3) This Act also recognises—
(a) the need to respect an offender’s
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(b) the special
needs of
some offenders
by taking into
account— (i)
an
offender’s age, sex or cultural background; and (ii)
any
disability an offender has. 4 Definitions The dictionary
in schedule 4 defines particular words used in this Act.
5 References to prisoner and corrective
services facility In a provision of this Act about a prisoner,
a reference to a corrective services
facility is
a reference to
the corrective services
facility in which the prisoner is detained. Chapter 2
Prisoners Part 1
Custody and admission of prisoners
6 Where a person is to be
detained (1) A person sentenced to a period of
imprisonment, or required by law to be detained for a period,
must be detained for the period in a corrective services
facility. (2) However— (a)
if the period
is 21 days
or less—the person
may be detained in a
watch house for part or all of the period; or (b)
if
the period is more than 21 days—the person may be
detained in
a watch house
until the
person can
be conveniently taken to a corrective
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Chapter 2 Prisoners [s 7]
(3) This section applies subject
to— (a) the provisions of
this Act
that allow
a prisoner to
be lawfully outside a corrective services
facility; and (b) the Criminal Code; and
(c) the Youth Justice
Act 1992 ; and (d)
the Mental Health Act 2016
;
and (e) the Parliament of
Queensland Act
2001 ,
section 40(4)(a). Note—
The Parliament of Queensland Act
2001 , section 40 deals with proceedings for
punishment by
the Legislative Assembly
for contempt. 7
When
a person is taken to be in the chief executive’s
custody (1)
If a
person sentenced to a period of imprisonment or required
by
law to be detained for a period is, while being taken to a
corrective services facility for detention,
under the control of a corrective services
officer, the
person is
taken to
be in the
chief executive’s custody.
(2) When admitted to a corrective services
facility for detention, a person is taken to be in the chief
executive’s custody. (3) Subsections
(1) and (2) apply
despite the
provisions of
a warrant committing the person into
someone else’s custody. (4) Except for any
time when the person is lawfully in another person’s
custody, the person remains in the chief executive’s
custody until discharged, even if the person
is lawfully outside a corrective services facility.
Example of when a person is lawfully in
another person’s custody— while the
person is
in the custody
of a police
or prison officer
as mentioned in
the Mutual Assistance in
Criminal Matters
Act 1987 (Cwlth), section
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Examples of
when a
person is
lawfully outside
a corrective services
facility— •
while the person is released on
parole • while the person is being transferred
between corrective services facilities or is
attending court • while the person is on health
leave (5) In a
warrant committing a
person to
a corrective services
facility, or requiring a prisoner to be
produced to the keeper or officer in charge of a corrective
services facility, a reference to the keeper or
officer in charge of the facility is a reference to
the
chief executive. (6) The chief executive is taken to have
custody of a person even if the person is in the physical
custody of, or being supervised by, an engaged
service provider. 8 When a person is taken to be in the
commissioner’s custody (1)
If a
person sentenced to a period of imprisonment or required
by
law to be detained for a period is, while being taken to a
corrective services facility for detention,
under the control of a police officer, the person is taken to
be in the commissioner’s custody. (2)
When admitted
to a watch
house for
detention, a
person is
taken to be in the commissioner’s custody,
even if the person is lawfully outside the watch house, until
the person— (a) is discharged; or (b)
is
lawfully given into another person’s custody. (3)
Subsections (1) and
(2) apply despite
the provisions of
a warrant, record or order committing
the person into someone else’s custody. Page 28
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9 Authority for admission to corrective
services facility (1) A person (the detainee
)
must not be admitted to and detained in a corrective
services facility unless the person responsible for admitting
prisoners at the facility is given— (a)
a
warrant for the detainee’s detention; or (b)
a verdict and
judgment record
under the
Criminal Practice Rules
1999 containing the name of the detainee
and particulars of
the judgment pronounced on
the detainee; or (c)
a
record, under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
of the order committing the detainee into
custody. (2) Despite the
provisions of
a warrant, record
or order committing a
person to a specified corrective services facility
or
to a watch house, the person may be taken to and detained
in a corrective services
facility specified
by the chief
executive. 10
Record of prisoner’s details
(1) The chief executive must establish a
record containing each prisoner’s details, including details
about the identification of the
prisoner. (2) For the
identification of
a prisoner, a
corrective services
officer may
collect and
store the
prisoner’s biometric
information, including
by way of
a biometric identification system.
(3) The prisoner’s biometric information,
and any data about the biometric information stored
in a biometric
identification system, must be
destroyed if— (a) the prisoner is found not guilty of
the offence for which the prisoner is being detained, other
than on the ground of unsoundness of mind; or
(b) proceedings for
the offence for
which the
prisoner is
being detained are discontinued or
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(4) However, the prisoner’s biometric
information, and any data about the
biometric information stored
in a biometric
identification system, must not be destroyed
if, for any part of the period of detention for the offence, the
prisoner was also being detained for another offence—
(a) of which the prisoner has been
convicted; or (b) for which
proceedings have
not been discontinued or
dismissed. (5)
In
this section— prisoner includes
a person subject
to a community
based order.
11 Prisoner to be informed of
entitlements and duties (1) When a prisoner
is admitted to a corrective services facility for
detention, the
chief executive
must inform
the prisoner about—
(a) the prisoner’s entitlements and
duties under
this Act;
and (b) the
administrative directions and procedures relevant to
the
prisoner’s entitlements and duties. (2)
If
the prisoner is illiterate or does not understand English,
the chief executive
must take
reasonable steps
to ensure the
prisoner understands the things mentioned in
subsection (1). (3) The chief executive—
(a) must make a copy of this Act available
to all prisoners; and (b) may
make a
copy of
other legislation available
to a prisoner.
12 Prisoner security
classification (1) When a prisoner is admitted to a
corrective services facility for
detention, the
chief executive
must classify
the prisoner into one of the
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Chapter 2 Prisoners [s 13]
(a) maximum; (b)
high; (c)
low. (1A)
However, when a prisoner is admitted to a
corrective services facility for
detention on
remand for
an offence and
is not serving
a term of
imprisonment for
another offence,
the prisoner must only be classified into
a security classification of— (a)
high; or (b)
if
the chief executive decides—maximum. (2)
When
deciding a prisoner’s security classification, the chief
executive must have regard to each of the
following— (a) the nature of the offence for which
the prisoner has been charged or convicted;
(b) the risk
of the prisoner
escaping, or
attempting to
escape, from custody; (c)
the
risk of the prisoner committing a further offence and
the impact the
commission of
the further offence
is likely to have on the
community; (d) the risk
the prisoner poses
to himself or
herself, and
other prisoners, staff
members and
the security of
the corrective services facility.
13 Reviewing prisoner’s security
classification (1) The chief
executive must
review a
prisoner’s security
classification— (a)
for
a prisoner with a maximum security classification—
at
intervals of not longer than 6 months; and (b)
for a prisoner
with a
high security
classification—at intervals of not
longer than 1 year; and (c) for a prisoner
whose term of imprisonment is changed by a court
order—when the court orders the change. Current as at
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(1A) However,
the chief executive
need not
review the
security classification
of a prisoner with a high security classification
if
the prisoner— (a) is being detained on remand for an
offence; and (b) is not
serving a
term of
imprisonment for
another offence.
(2) The chief executive may review the
security classification of a prisoner with a
low security classification. Example—
The chief executive
may review the
security classification if
the prisoner’s behaviour
deteriorates. (3) When reviewing a prisoner’s security
classification, the chief executive must
have regard
to the matters
mentioned in
section 12(2). 14
Changing prisoner’s security
classification The chief executive
may change a
prisoner’s security
classification after reviewing it under
section 13. 15 Notice of decision about prisoner’s
security classification following review (1)
After reviewing a prisoner’s security
classification, the chief executive must give the prisoner an
information notice about the chief executive’s decision
following the review. (2) If
the chief executive
increased the
prisoner’s security
classification, the information notice must
include a statement that if
the prisoner is
dissatisfied with
the decision, the
prisoner may
ask the chief
executive to
reconsider the
decision by notice given to the chief
executive within 7 days after the information notice is given
to the prisoner. (3) The Acts
Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27B does not apply
to
an information notice given under this section. Page 32
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16 Reconsidering decision to change
prisoner’s security classification (1)
This
section applies if— (a) the chief
executive increases
a prisoner’s security
classification; and (b)
the
prisoner is dissatisfied with the decision. (2)
Within 7 days after the information notice
about the decision is given to the prisoner, the prisoner may,
by written notice given to
the chief executive, ask
the chief executive
to reconsider the decision.
(3) The chief
executive must
reconsider the
decision and
may confirm, amend or cancel the
decision. (4) After reconsidering the decision, the
chief executive must give the prisoner
an information notice
about the
reconsidered decision.
17 Application of Judicial Review Act
1991 to decisions about prisoner security
classification (1) The Judicial
Review Act
1991 ,
parts 3,
4 and 5,
other than
section 41(1), do not apply to a decision
made, or purportedly made, under
section 12, 13,
14 or 16
about a
prisoner’s security
classification. Note— The
Judicial Review Act 1991 , part 3 deals
with statutory orders of review, part 4 deals with reasons for
decisions and part 5 deals with prerogative
orders and injunctions. (2) In this
section— decision includes a
decision affected by jurisdictional error. 18
Accommodation Whenever
practicable, each prisoner in a corrective services
facility must be provided with his or her
own room. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Part
2 Management of prisoners Division 1
Management of prisoners generally
19 Effect of prisoner’s security
classification The chief executive may make different
arrangements for the management of
prisoners with
different security
classifications. 20
Directions to prisoner (1)
A
corrective services officer may give a prisoner a direction
the
officer reasonably believes is necessary— (a)
for
the welfare or safe custody of the prisoner or other
prisoners; or (b)
for the security
or good order
of a corrective services
facility; or (c)
to
ensure compliance with an order given or applying to
the
prisoner; or Example of order for paragraph (c)—
an
order given under division 3 for the searching of the
prisoner (d) to ensure
a prisoner attends
a place to
enable a
DNA sampler to take a DNA sample from a
prisoner under the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
chapter 17, part 5;
or (e) to ensure
the prisoner or
another prisoner
does not
commit an offence or a breach of
discipline. (2) Directions under
this section
may be given
in writing or
orally, and
may apply generally
or be limited
in their application. Page 34
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21 Medical examination or
treatment (1) A prisoner must submit to a medical
examination or treatment by a
doctor if
the doctor considers
the prisoner requires
medical attention. (2)
If it is
reasonably practicable in
the circumstances, before
carrying out the medical examination or
treatment, the doctor must tell the prisoner the
following— (a) the doctor
considers the
prisoner requires
the medical examination or
treatment; (b) the doctor’s
reasons for
requiring the
examination or
treatment; (c)
what
the examination or treatment will involve. (3)
A prisoner must
submit to
an examination by
a doctor or
psychologist if the chief executive orders
the examination to decide— (a)
the
prisoner’s security classification; or (b)
where to place the prisoner; or
(c) whether to transfer the prisoner to
another place; or (d) the prisoner’s suitability to
participate in
an approved activity, course
or program; or (e) the prisoner’s suitability for
leave of
absence, early
discharge or release. (4)
A
prisoner must submit to— (a) examinations by
psychiatrists as required— (i) under a risk
assessment order under the Dangerous Prisoners
(Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 ,
section 8(2)(a); or (ii)
by
the chief executive, if the chief executive must
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that
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only Note— The
Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 , section 29 deals
with psychiatric reports
for reviewing continuing
detention orders. (b) an examination by
2 or more
medical practitioners as
directed by a judge under the
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945
,
section 18. Note— The
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945
,
section 18 deals with the detention of persons incapable of
controlling sexual instincts. (5)
For
a medical examination or treatment of a prisoner, a doctor
may— (a)
take
a sample of the prisoner’s blood or another bodily
substance; or (b)
order the prisoner to provide a sample of
the prisoner’s urine or
another bodily
substance, including, for
example, hair or saliva, and give the
prisoner directions about the way in which the sample must be
provided. (6) A prisoner
must comply
with an
order made,
or direction given, under
subsection (5)(b). (7) A doctor may authorise another person
to examine or treat a prisoner in a corrective services
facility if— (a) the doctor— (i)
is authorised or
required to
carry out
the examination or give the treatment
under this Act; or (ii) would, if
qualified to carry out the examination or give
the treatment, be
so authorised or
required; and
(b) the other person is qualified to carry
out the examination or give the treatment. (8)
If a
prisoner does not submit to an examination or treatment as
required under this section, the doctor and
anyone acting at the doctor’s direction
may use the
force that
is reasonably necessary to
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(9) In this section— prisoner
does
not include a prisoner released on parole. Not
authorised —indicative only
22 Private medical examination or
treatment (1) Subject to subsection (2), a prisoner
in a corrective services facility may
apply in
writing to
the chief executive
for approval to be examined or treated by
a doctor or psychologist nominated by the prisoner.
(2) A prisoner in a corrective services
facility can not— (a) participate in assisted reproductive
technology; or (b) apply for the chief executive’s
approval to participate in assisted reproductive
technology. (3) The chief
executive may
give the
approval mentioned
in subsection (1) if satisfied—
(a) the application for the approval is
not— (i) frivolous or vexatious; or
(ii) for an
examination or treatment for participating in assisted
reproductive technology; and (b)
the prisoner is
able to
pay for the
examination or
treatment and associated costs; and
(c) the doctor or psychologist nominated
by the prisoner is willing and
available to
carry out
the examination or
treatment of the prisoner.
(4) The prisoner must pay for the
examination or treatment and associated
costs. (5) The chief executive must consider, but
is not bound by, any report or recommendation made by the
nominated doctor or psychologist. 23
Dangerously ill prisoner If the chief
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or seriously injured,
the chief executive
must immediately notify
each of
the following that
the prisoner is
either dangerously ill
or seriously injured— (a) the person
nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact
person; (b) a religious visitor;
(c) for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander prisoner— (i) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander persons in the
area in which the facility is located; and
(ii) if
practicable, an
elder, respected
person or
indigenous spiritual healer who is relevant
to the prisoner. 24
Death
of prisoner (1) After a prisoner dies, the chief
executive must notify each of the following
that the prisoner has died— (a)
if
the corrective services facility is a prison—a doctor
appointed for the facility;
(b) the police officer in charge of the
police station nearest to the place where the prisoner
died; (c) the person nominated by the prisoner
as the prisoner’s contact person; (d)
a
religious visitor; (e) for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander prisoner— (i) an Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander legal service representing Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander persons in the
area in which the prisoner died; and (ii)
if practicable, an
elder, respected
person or
indigenous spiritual healer who was relevant
to the prisoner. Page 38
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(2) The chief
executive must
keep records,
prescribed under
a regulation, of the prisoner’s
death. (3) In this section— prisoner
includes a
person who,
immediately before
the person’s death, was a prisoner, but
does not include a prisoner released on
parole. 25 Registration of birth
(1) A birth certificate for a child whose
mother or father is, or was when the child
was born, a prisoner must not— (a)
state that fact; or (b)
contain any
information from
which that
fact can
reasonably be inferred. (2)
If the showing
of an address
that is
required by
the Births, Deaths
and Marriages Registration Act
2003 to
be shown would
contravene subsection
(1)(a), the address must
be shown as the city or town in which, or
nearest to which, the address is situated.
26 Marriage (1)
A
person in the chief executive’s custody must give the chief
executive written notice before lodging a
notice of intention to marry under the Marriage Act
1961 (Cwlth). Maximum
penalty—20 penalty units. (2) A
prisoner may
be married in
a corrective services
facility only
with the
chief executive’s approval
and the marriage
must
be conducted in the way decided by the chief executive.
26A Civil partnerships (1)
A
person in the chief executive’s custody must give the chief
executive written notice before—
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(a) applying under the Civil
Partnerships Act 2011 , section 7 for
registration of a relationship as a civil partnership;
or (b) giving
a notice of
intention to
enter into
a civil partnership under
the Civil Partnerships Act
2011 ,
section 10. Maximum
penalty—20 penalty units. (2) A prisoner may
make a declaration of civil partnership under the
Civil Partnerships Act
2011 ,
section 11
in a corrective services
facility only with the chief executive’s approval.
(3) The making of the declaration must be
conducted in the way decided by the chief executive.
27 Change of name (1)
A person in
the chief executive’s custody
must obtain
the chief executive’s written
permission before
applying to
change the person’s name under—
(a) the Births,
Deaths and
Marriages Registration Act
2003 ; or
(b) an equivalent law
of another State
providing for
the registration of a change to the
person’s name. Maximum penalty—20 penalty
units or
6 months imprisonment. (2)
In deciding whether
to give the
permission, the
chief executive must
consider each of the following— (a)
whether the proposed name change poses a
threat to the security of a corrective services
facility; (b) the safety of the person and other
persons; (c) whether the
proposed name
change could
be used to
further an unlawful activity or
purpose; (d) whether the proposed name change could
be considered offensive to a victim of a crime or an
immediate family member of a deceased victim of a
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(3) Subsection (4) applies if the chief
executive becomes aware that a
person in
the chief executive’s custody
has failed to
comply with subsection (1)(a) in registering
a change of the person’s name
under the
Births, Deaths
and Marriages Registration Act
2003 . (4) The
chief executive
may apply to
the registrar under
the Births, Deaths
and Marriages Registration Act 2003
for
the cancellation of the registration.
Division 1A Carrying on
business or dealing in artwork 27A
Definitions for div 1A In this
division— possession , of a
prisoner’s artwork, means— (a) custody or
control of it; or (b) the ability or right to obtain custody
or control of it. prisoner’s artwork
means any
visual art,
performing art
or literature made or produced by a
prisoner while the prisoner is in a corrective
services facility. 28 Carrying on a business
(1) Subject to
subsections (2) to
(4), a
prisoner who
has been sentenced,
whether before or after the commencement of this
section, to
a period of
imprisonment must
not carry on,
or participate in the carrying on of, a
business while the prisoner is in a
corrective services facility. Example—
the
painting of artwork to be sold on the internet by the prisoner or
by a corporation in whose management the prisoner
participates including, for example, as a director
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
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(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to a
person who is carrying on, or participating in
the carrying on
of, a business
when the
person is
sentenced to
a period of
imprisonment (the
pre-sentence business ).
(3) The person must, within 21 days after
being sentenced— (a) stop carrying on the pre-sentence
business; or (b) stop participating in the carrying on
of the pre-sentence business. Maximum
penalty—100 penalty units. (4) Subsection (1)
does not apply to the person in relation to the pre-sentence
business until the end of the 21 days mentioned in subsection
(3). 28A Restriction on prisoner dealing with
prisoner’s artwork (1) While a
prisoner is
in a corrective services
facility, the
prisoner must not sell, give, give
possession of, or otherwise dispose
of the prisoner’s artwork,
unless allowed
to do so
under section 28B, 28C or 28D.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does
not prevent a
prisoner abandoning or
destroying the artwork. 28B
Giving prisoner’s artwork to a person as a
gift (1) A prisoner may— (a)
with the
chief executive’s written
approval, give
a particular item of the prisoner’s
artwork to a person as a gift; or (b)
donate 1 or more items of the prisoner’s
artwork to the State. (2)
For deciding whether
to give an
approval under
subsection (1)(a), the chief executive must
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(a) the chief executive’s estimated value
of the artwork; (b) the person to whom the artwork is
proposed to be given; (c) the prisoner’s
stated purpose for making the gift; (d)
the number of
previous gifts
of artwork made
by the prisoner,
whether or not to the same person; (e)
any
other matter the chief executive considers relevant.
28C Giving prisoner’s artwork to a person
to hold on the prisoner’s behalf (1)
A
prisoner may, with the chief executive’s written approval,
give
the prisoner’s artwork to a person other than the State to
hold
on the prisoner’s behalf. (2) Also, a prisoner
may, if the chief executive agrees, give the prisoner’s
artwork to the State to hold on the prisoner’s behalf.
28D Giving prisoner’s artwork to the State
for disposal as agreed The prisoner may
give the prisoner’s artwork to the State for the purpose of
the State’s disposing of the artwork as agreed with the
prisoner. 28E No consideration to be paid for
holding prisoner’s artwork under s 28C The prisoner
must not ask for, or accept, consideration for— (a)
giving the
artwork to
a person to
hold under
section 28C; or (b)
delivering the
artwork to
a person to
hold under
section 28C. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty units. Current as at [Not applicable]
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28F Person holding prisoner’s artwork for
prisoner (1) A person, other than the State,
holding prisoner’s artwork on behalf of a
prisoner must not sell, give, give possession of, or
otherwise dispose of the prisoner’s artwork,
unless allowed to do so under subsection (2), (3) or
(4). Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
(2) The person may give the
artwork— (a) to the prisoner, if the prisoner is
discharged or released from custody; or (b)
to
someone else to hold on the prisoner’s behalf, if the
prisoner consents. (3)
If the person
tells the
prisoner that
the person no
longer wishes to hold
the artwork on behalf of the prisoner— (a)
the
person may give the artwork— (i)
to another person
authorised by
the prisoner to
hold
the artwork on the prisoner’s behalf; or (ii)
to a
person authorised by the prisoner to collect the
artwork for delivery to another person to
hold on the prisoner’s behalf; or
(b) if— (i)
the prisoner has
not been discharged or
released from custody;
and (ii) the
person has
not received authority
from the
prisoner to deal with the artwork under
paragraph (a) within 1
month after
telling the
prisoner the
person no
longer wishes
to hold the
artwork on
behalf of the prisoner; the person may
give the artwork to the chief executive. (4)
The
person may dispose of the artwork if all of the following
apply— (a)
the
prisoner is discharged or released from custody;
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(b) the recipient
makes reasonable efforts
to locate the
prisoner and ask the prisoner to collect, or
arrange for the collection of, the artwork;
(c) the artwork is not collected by or for
the prisoner within 6 months after the prisoner’s discharge or
release. (5) The person must not ask for, or
accept, consideration for— (a) giving
the artwork to
someone else
to hold on
the prisoner’s behalf; or
(b) giving the
artwork to
a person for
delivery to
another person to hold
on the prisoner’s behalf. Maximum penalty for subsection (5)—40
penalty units. 28G Prisoner and not the State has
responsibility for collecting artwork held on behalf of the
prisoner (1) The prisoner, and not the State, is
responsible for collecting, or arranging for
the collection of, the artwork from a person holding the
artwork on the prisoner’s behalf if— (a)
the
prisoner is discharged or released from custody; or
(b) the person
tells the
prisoner that
the person no
longer wishes to hold
the artwork on the prisoner’s behalf. (2)
If the chief
executive incurs
expense in
dealing with
the artwork under
section 28F(3)(b), the
chief executive
may recover the expense from the
prisoner. 28H Limited liability of persons holding
artwork on behalf of prisoner (1)
If the prisoner
gives the
artwork to
a person under
section 28C, the person is not liable
for— (a) loss of the artwork; or
(b) damage to the artwork, other than
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(2) If the
prisoner gives
the artwork to
the State under
section 28D, the State is not liable for
loss of, or damage to, the artwork while it is in the State’s
possession. Not authorised —indicative
only Division 2 Children
accommodated with female prisoners 29
Application for accommodation of child with
female prisoner (1)
This
section applies if a female prisoner— (a)
gives birth to a child during her period of
imprisonment; or (b) has custody of a
child— (i) of whom the prisoner is the mother;
or (ii) the subject of a
court order requiring the child to live with the
prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s
mother. (2) On admission to the corrective
services facility, the prisoner must be informed
that— (a) the prisoner, or the child protection
chief executive, may apply to
the chief executive
to have the
child accommodated
with the prisoner; and (b) if the prisoner,
or the child protection chief executive, applies
and the application is
successful, the
prisoner will have
primary responsibility for the child’s care and safety,
including all costs associated with the care. (3)
The
following persons may apply, in the approved form, to the
chief executive
to have the
child accommodated with
the prisoner in the corrective services
facility— (a) the prisoner; (b)
the
child protection chief executive. (4)
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costs associated , with the care
of a child, includes the cost of nappies and baby
goods for the child, but does not include the cost of food and
drink for the child. Not authorised —indicative only
30 Deciding application
(1) The chief executive may grant an
application to have a child accommodated
with a prisoner in a corrective services facility
if— (a) the
chief executive
decides there
is suitable accommodation in
the facility for the child; and (b)
either— (i)
the
child is not eligible to start primary school; or
(ii) each of the
following apply— (A) the child is eligible to start primary
school; (B) the prisoner
is in a
community corrections centre;
(C) the application is
only for
periods during
school holidays or on weekends; and
(c) the child
is immunised in
accordance with
the recommendations of the department in
which the Health Act 1937
is
administered; and (d) the child
is not subject
to a court
order requiring
the child to live with someone else;
and (e) for a child in care—the child
protection chief executive has consented to the child being
accommodated with the prisoner; and (f)
the chief executive
is satisfied it
is in the
child’s best
interests. (2)
In deciding what
is in the
child’s best
interests, the
chief executive may
consider each of the following— (a)
the
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(ii) cultural
background; and (iii) mental and
physical health; (b) the emotional
ties between
the child and
his or her
parents; (c)
the child’s established living
pattern, including, for
example, the
pattern of
the child’s home,
school, community and
religious life; (d) if the
chief executive
is satisfied the
child is
able to
express a view, the child’s wishes.
31 Removing child from corrective
services facility (1) The chief executive may remove a child
being accommodated with a prisoner in a corrective services
facility if any of the following apply— (a)
a
court orders that the child live with another person;
(b) the chief
executive is
satisfied it
is in the
child’s best
interests; (c)
the prisoner with
whom the
child is
accommodated requests the
removal; (d) the child is not a child mentioned in
section 30(1)(b)(ii) and becomes eligible to start primary
school; (e) the prisoner
with whom
the child is
accommodated is
transferred to another corrective services
facility and the chief executive decides the accommodation at
the other corrective services facility is not suitable
for the child; (f) the chief executive is satisfied it is
in the interests of the good order and management of the
facility. (2) In deciding
what is
in the child’s
best interests, the
chief executive must
consider each of the following— (a)
the
child’s— (i) age and sex; and (ii)
mental and physical health;
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(b) anything else the chief executive
considers relevant. (3) Separation of a child from a prisoner
with whom the child is accommodated must
not be used
as a form
of discipline against the
prisoner. 32 Search of accommodated child
(1) The chief executive may require a
child accommodated with a female prisoner in a corrective
services facility to submit to a general search
or scanning search before entering the facility.
(2) The chief executive must not require
the child to submit to a personal search or a search requiring
the removal of clothing. Division 3 Search of
prisoners 33 Power to search (1)
The
chief executive may order a corrective services officer—
(a) to conduct a general search, personal
search or scanning search of a prisoner; or (b)
to
search a prisoner’s room; or (c)
to
search prisoner facilities. (2)
Also, a
corrective services
officer may
conduct a
general search, personal
search or scanning search of a prisoner if the officer
reasonably suspects the prisoner possesses something
that
poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to— (a)
the security or
good order
of the corrective services
facility; or (b)
the
safety of persons in the facility. (3)
A
power under this Act to search a prisoner in any way—
(a) includes a
power to
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in the prisoner’s possession;
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(b) may be exercised at any time,
including, for example, on the day on which the prisoner is
discharged or released. Not authorised
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34 Personal search of prisoners leaving
particular part of corrective services facility
(1) The chief
executive may
order the
personal searching
of prisoners whenever they leave a part
of a corrective services facility stated
in the order
where prisoners
have access
to concealable prohibited things.
Example of part of a corrective services
facility— a kitchen or workshop (2)
A
personal search of a prisoner may be carried out only by a
corrective services officer of the same sex
as the prisoner. 35 Search requiring the removal of
clothing of prisoners on chief executive’s direction
(1) The chief
executive may
give a
written direction
to a corrective services
officer for
the carrying out
of a search
requiring the removal of clothing of
prisoners as stated in the direction, including, for
example, at
the times stated
in the direction. (2)
The
search must be carried out as required under the direction.
(3) However, a direction under subsection
(1) does not apply to a particular prisoner if the chief
executive reasonably considers it unnecessary
for the search to be carried out on the prisoner
because of the prisoner’s exceptional
circumstances. Example for subsection (3)—
A
direction requires a search requiring the removal of clothing of
a prisoner to be carried out when a prisoner
enters a corrective services facility. A
pregnant prisoner returns to the facility from an escorted
antenatal visit
and the corrective services
officer who
escorted the
prisoner advises that the prisoner had no
likely opportunity to obtain a prohibited thing
while on the visit. The chief executive may consider it
unnecessary for the search to be carried out
on the prisoner. (4) A search requiring the removal of
clothing under this section may be preceded
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36 Search requiring the removal of
clothing of prisoners on chief executive’s
order—generally (1) The chief executive may order a search
requiring the removal of clothing
of 1 or
more prisoners
if the chief
executive is
satisfied the
search is
necessary for
either or
both of
the following— (a)
the security or
good order
of the corrective services
facility; (b)
the
safe custody and welfare of prisoners at the facility.
Example— A knife is
missing from the kitchen of a corrective services facility.
The chief executive may be satisfied that a
search requiring the removal of clothing
of each prisoner
who worked in
the kitchen that
day is necessary for
the security or good order of the facility or for the safe
custody and welfare of prisoners at the
facility. (2) A search requiring the removal of
clothing under this section may be preceded
by another less intrusive search. 37
Search requiring the removal of clothing on
reasonable suspicion (1)
The
chief executive may order a search requiring the removal
of clothing of
a prisoner if
the chief executive
reasonably suspects the
prisoner has a prohibited thing concealed on the
prisoner’s person. (2)
A
search requiring the removal of clothing under this section
may
be preceded by another less intrusive search. 38
Requirements for search requiring the
removal of clothing (1)
A
search requiring the removal of clothing of a prisoner must
be
carried out by at least 2 corrective services officers, but
by no more officers than are reasonably
necessary to carry out the search. (2)
Each
corrective services officer carrying out the search must
be
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(3) Before carrying out the search, one of
the corrective services officers must tell the
prisoner— (a) that the
prisoner will
be required to
remove the
prisoner’s clothing during the search;
and (b) why it is necessary to remove the
clothing. (4) A corrective services officer carrying
out the search— (a) must ensure,
as far as
reasonably practicable, that
the way in which the prisoner is searched
causes minimal embarrassment to the prisoner; and
(b) must take
reasonable care
to protect the
prisoner’s dignity;
and (c) must carry
out the search
as quickly as
reasonably practicable;
and (d) must allow the prisoner to dress as
soon as the search is finished. (5)
A
corrective services officer carrying out the search must, if
reasonably practicable, give
the prisoner the
opportunity to
remain partly
clothed during
the search, including, for
example, by allowing the prisoner to dress
his or her upper body before being required to remove
clothing from the lower part of the body. (6)
If a
corrective services officer seizes clothing because of the
search, the
officer must
ensure the
prisoner is
left with,
or given, reasonably appropriate
clothing. (7) A regulation may
prescribe other
requirements and
procedures for ensuring the effective
carrying out of searches requiring the removal of clothing of
prisoners. 39 Body search of particular
prisoner (1) The chief executive may authorise a
doctor to conduct a body search of
a prisoner if
the chief executive
reasonably believes—
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(a) the prisoner has ingested something
that may jeopardise the prisoner’s health or wellbeing;
or (b) the prisoner has a prohibited thing
concealed within his or her person that may potentially be
used in a way that may pose a
risk to
the security or
good order
of the facility;
or (c) the search may reveal evidence of the
commission of an offence or breach of discipline by the
prisoner. (2) A nurse must be present during the
body search, and if the doctor is not of the same sex as the
prisoner, the nurse must be of the same
sex. (3) If the
doctor reasonably requires
help to
conduct the
body search, the
doctor may ask another person to help the doctor.
(4) Except in an emergency, the other
person must be of the same sex as the prisoner.
(5) The doctor
may seize anything
discovered during
the body search
if— (a) seizing the thing would not be likely
to cause grievous bodily harm to the prisoner; and
(b) the doctor
reasonably believes
the thing may
be evidence of the commission of an
offence or breach of discipline by the prisoner.
(6) The doctor must give a seized thing to
a corrective services officer as soon as practicable after
seizing it. 40 Register of searches
(1) The chief
executive must
establish a
register, for
each corrective services
facility, recording
the details of
each search
carried out
at the facility
requiring the
removal of
clothing, and each body search, of a
prisoner. (2) The details must include the
following— (a) the reason for the search;
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(c) details of anything seized from the
prisoner. (3) The chief
executive must
make each
register available
for inspection by an official
visitor. Not authorised —indicative
only 41 Who may be
required to give test sample (1)
The
chief executive may require any of the following persons
to
give a test sample of the type the chief executive requires—
(a) a prisoner; (b)
an
offender if— (i) the giving
of the test
sample is
required by
a conditional release
order, parole
order or
court order; or
(ii) for
an offender who
is released on
parole—the chief
executive reasonably believes
the offender poses
a serious and
immediate risk
of harm to
himself or herself. (2)
The chief executive
must give
the person the
results of
the final tests conducted on the test
sample as soon as practicable after the chief
executive receives the results of the final tests.
42 Giving test sample (1)
The
chief executive, a doctor or a nurse may give a prisoner or
an
offender mentioned in section 41(1)(b) directions about the
way
the prisoner or offender must give a test sample.
(2) Only a doctor or nurse may take a
sample of blood. (3) A doctor
or nurse, and
anyone acting
in good faith
at the direction
of the doctor
or nurse, may
use the force
that is
reasonably necessary to enable the doctor or
nurse to take the test sample. (4)
A
regulation may prescribe— (a) the number of
corrective services officers that must be present
when a
test sample
stated in
the regulation is
being taken from a prisoner; and
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(b) how a test sample stated in the
regulation, other than a sample of blood, must be taken.
43 Consequences of positive test
sample (1) If a prisoner gives a positive test
sample— (a) the test
result may
be considered when
assessing the
prisoner’s security classification;
and (b) the prisoner may be required to
undertake a medical or behavioural treatment program.
(2) Subsection (1) may
apply in
addition to
the prisoner being
dealt with
for the commission of
an offence or
a breach of
discipline. (3)
When acting
under subsection
(1), the chief executive
must take
into account
the circumstances of
the case and
the prisoner’s needs. (4)
A
prisoner is taken to have given a positive test sample if
the prisoner— (a)
refuses to supply the test sample; or
(b) fails to supply the test sample within
a reasonable time, unless the prisoner has a reasonable excuse;
or Example of a reasonable excuse—
a
medical condition preventing the prisoner from supplying the
test
sample in the time it might reasonably take another prisoner
who
does not have the medical condition to supply the sample
(c) alters or invalidates, or attempts to
alter or invalidate, the results of the test sample; or
(d) tampers, or attempts to tamper, with
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Division 4 Mail, phone
calls and other communications Subdivision
1 Mail 44 Prisoner’s
ordinary mail at prisoner’s own expense (1)
A
prisoner must purchase anything required for the prisoner’s
ordinary mail. (2)
However, if the chief executive is satisfied
that a prisoner does not have
enough money
to pay the
postage costs,
the costs may be paid for
by the chief executive. (3) If subsection
(2) applies to a prisoner, the prisoner may post a
letter not more than twice a week, unless
otherwise approved by the chief executive. (4)
If a
prisoner is participating in an approved activity, course or
program that requires the prisoner to send
things by mail, the postage costs associated with the prisoner’s
participation must be paid for by the chief executive.
45 Opening, searching and censoring
mail (1) A corrective services officer
authorised by the chief executive may open, search
and censor a prisoner’s ordinary mail. (2)
A
corrective services officer authorised by the chief
executive may, in a prisoner’s presence, open and
search the prisoner’s privileged mail or mail purporting to
be privileged mail, if the officer reasonably suspects the
mail— (a) contains— (i)
something that may physically harm the
person to whom it is addressed; or (ii)
a
prohibited thing; or (b) is not
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(3) However, a
corrective services
officer mentioned
in subsection (2) must
not read a
prisoner’s privileged mail,
other than to establish that it is
privileged mail, without the prisoner’s
written consent. (4) If a
corrective services
officer reads
a prisoner’s privileged mail, the
officer must not disclose the contents to any person.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (5)
Subject to sections 46 to 48, after a
prisoner’s mail has been searched or censored it must
be— (a) for incoming
mail—immediately delivered
to the prisoner to whom
it is addressed; or (b) for outgoing mail—immediately placed
into the external mail system. 46
Seizing and otherwise dealing with mail
containing information about the commission of an
offence (1) If a search of a prisoner’s mail
reveals information about the commission of an
offence— (a) the mail may be seized by—
(i) if it is privileged mail—the chief
executive; or (ii) if it is
ordinary mail—a corrective services officer; and
(b) the chief executive must give the
information revealed in the mail to the relevant law
enforcement agency. (2) Subsection (1) does
not apply if
the prisoner’s mail
is privileged mail and the information is
about the commission of the offence for which the prisoner
is being detained. 47 Seizing harmful or prohibited things
contained in privileged mail The
chief executive
may seize something
in a prisoner’s privileged mail
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(a) may physically harm
the person to
whom it
is addressed; or (b)
is a
prohibited thing. 48 Seizing ordinary mail and things
contained in it (1) A corrective services officer may
seize a prisoner’s ordinary mail, or
anything in it, to stop— (a) anything that
poses a risk to the security or good order of the
corrective services facility entering or leaving the
facility; or (b)
anything that appears to be intended for the
commission of an offence, or a breach of a court order,
entering or leaving the facility; or (c)
threatening or
otherwise inappropriate correspondence leaving the
facility; or Example of inappropriate
correspondence— correspondence by
a prisoner, who
has been convicted
of a sexual offence
against a child, to a child with whom the prisoner
had
no relationship before being imprisoned (d)
a
prohibited thing entering or leaving the facility; or
(e) the prisoner
purchasing goods
or services without
the chief executive’s written
approval. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a
document to which legal professional privilege
attaches. 49 Register of privileged mail
searches (1) The chief
executive must
establish a
register, for
each corrective
services facility, recording the following for each
search of a prisoner’s privileged
mail— (a) the reasons
for the search,
including the
basis for
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(b) without disclosing the contents of the
mail, the result of the search. (2)
The chief executive
must make
the register available
for inspection by an official
visitor. Subdivision 2 Phone
calls 50 Phone calls (1)
A
prisoner may— (a) at the chief executive’s expense, make
1 phone call on admission to a corrective services facility;
and (b) at the prisoner’s own expense, phone
approved persons at approved telephone numbers.
(2) However, the chief executive may pay
for a call mentioned in subsection (1)(b) if
the chief executive
considers there
is sufficient reason to do so.
(3) The chief executive may decide the
length and frequency of phone calls made by prisoners.
(4) A prisoner
in a corrective services
facility can
not receive phone calls from
outside the facility, other than an approved phone
call in
the event of
a family or
other personal
emergency. (5)
A
prisoner must not— (a) call an
approved telephone
number knowing
the call will be diverted
to another telephone number to allow the prisoner to
contact someone other than an approved person;
or (b) intentionally continue with a call
that— (i) the prisoner
knows is
diverted from
an approved telephone
number to
another telephone
number; and
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(ii) allows the
prisoner to contact someone other than an approved
person; or (c) call an approved telephone number and
ask the person called to make a conference call to someone
else. Maximum penalty—6 months
imprisonment. (6) The chief executive may approve a
prisoner’s participation in a
conference call
if the prisoner
requires the
use of an
interpreter. Subdivision
3 Other communications 51
Personal videoconferences for approved
prisoners (1) An approved
prisoner may
contact approved
persons by
videoconferencing technology if
the technology is
available for the
prisoner’s use at the corrective services facility.
(2) The chief executive may pay for a
videoconference mentioned in subsection
(1) if the chief
executive considers
there is
sufficient reason to do so.
(3) The chief executive may decide the
length and frequency of an approved prisoner’s
videoconference. (4) An approved prisoner must not
intentionally continue with a videoconference
that allows the prisoner to contact someone other than an
approved person. Maximum penalty
for subsection (4)—6 months
imprisonment. Subdivision
4 Recording or monitoring prisoner
communications 52
Recording or monitoring prisoner
communication (1) The chief
executive may
record or
monitor a
prisoner communication. Page 60
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(2) However, the
chief executive
must not
record or
monitor a
prisoner communication the chief executive
has authorised to be made between a prisoner and—
(a) the prisoner’s lawyer; or
(b) an officer of a law enforcement
agency; or (c) the parole board; or
(d) the ombudsman. (3)
The parties to
each prisoner
communication, other
than a
communication mentioned in subsection (2),
must be told the communication may be recorded and
monitored. (4) The chief executive may end a prisoner
communication if the chief executive
reasonably believes
the communication constitutes— (a)
an
offence; or (b) a breach of a court order; or
(c) a threat
to the security
or good order
of a corrective services
facility. (5) If a prisoner communication recorded
or monitored under this section reveals
information about
the commission of
an offence, the chief executive must give
the information to the relevant law enforcement
agency. (6) In this section— prisoner
communication means
a phone call,
an electronic communication or
a video link
communication made
to or from a
prisoner. Division 5 Safety
orders 53 Safety order (1)
The
chief executive may make an order (a safety
order ) for a prisoner
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(a) a doctor or psychologist advises the
chief executive that the doctor or psychologist reasonably
believes there is a risk of the prisoner harming himself,
herself or someone else; or (b)
the
chief executive reasonably believes— (i)
there is
a risk of
the prisoner harming,
or being harmed by,
someone else; or (ii) the
safety order
is necessary for
the security or
good
order of the corrective services facility. (2)
The
safety order must not be for a period longer than 1 month.
(3) The safety order must state the
conditions, prescribed under a regulation, that
apply to the prisoner’s treatment. (4)
The chief executive
may limit the
privileges of
a prisoner during
the period of
the safety order
if the chief
executive reasonably
believes that during the period— (a)
it will not
be practicable for
the prisoner to
receive privileges to
the extent the
prisoner would
otherwise have received
them; or (b) having regard to the purpose of the
safety order, it is not desirable that
the prisoner receive
privileges to
the extent the prisoner would otherwise
have received them. (5) Without limiting
subsection (3), the
safety order
must also
state the extent to which, as decided by the
chief executive, the prisoner may receive privileges during
the period of the safety order. (6)
During the
period of
the safety order,
the prisoner may
be accommodated separately from other
prisoners, including, for example, in a health centre at the
corrective services facility. (7)
If the prisoner
is separated from
other prisoners
during the
period of the safety order, the chief
executive may provide for the prisoner’s reintegration, before
the period ends— (a) into the
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(b) into the routine that applied to the
prisoner before the safety order took effect.
(8) In this section— health
centre means
a part of
a corrective services
facility where prisoners
are treated and medication is dispensed. Not
authorised —indicative only
54 Consecutive safety orders
(1) The chief
executive may
make a
further safety
order for
a prisoner to take effect at the end of
an existing safety order. (2) However, if the
existing safety order was made on the advice of a doctor or
psychologist, the further safety order may be made only on the
advice of a doctor or psychologist. (3)
The
further safety order must be made not more than 7 days
before the end of the existing safety
order. (4) Also, if the existing safety order is
taken to be for a period of more than 1
month under subsection (5), the chief executive must not make
the further safety order unless— (a)
not more than
14 days before
the end of
the existing safety order,
the chief executive gives written notice to the prisoner
advising the prisoner that— (i)
the
chief executive is about to consider whether a further safety
order should be made; and (ii) the prisoner
may, within 7 days after receiving the written
notice, make
submissions to
the chief executive about
anything relevant to the decision about making the
further safety order; and (b) the
chief executive
considers any
submission the
prisoner makes under paragraph
(a)(ii). (5) For this section, 2 or more safety
orders running consecutively are taken to be
1 safety order. Example— Initially, a
safety order for a prisoner is made for a period of 2 weeks
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a
period of 3 weeks. For this section, the existing safety order is
taken to have been made for a period of 5
weeks. 55 Review of safety order—doctor or
psychologist (1) If a
safety order
was made on
the advice of
a doctor or
psychologist (the advising
practitioner ), the chief executive must
refer the
order to
another doctor
or psychologist (the
reviewing practitioner )
for review as
required under
subsection (2). (2)
The
safety order must be reviewed— (a)
if the advising
practitioner recommended the
order be
reviewed at
intervals of
not more than
7 days—at intervals of not
more than 7 days; or (b) otherwise—as
soon as practicable. (3) The
reviewing practitioner must
review the
safety order
as required under subsection (2).
(4) After completing the review, the
reviewing practitioner must recommend
to the chief
executive whether
the safety order
should be
confirmed, amended
in a particular way
or cancelled. (5)
The
chief executive must consider the recommendation and
confirm, amend or cancel the safety
order. (6) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that the chief executive is not bound by the
reviewing practitioner’s recommendation. 56
Review of safety order—official
visitor (1) A prisoner subject to a safety order
may apply in writing to the chief
executive for
referral of
the order to
an official visitor for
review. (2) After receiving the application, the
chief executive must refer the safety order to an official
visitor. (3) The official visitor must review the
safety order. Page 64 Current as at
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(4) If a safety order for a prisoner is
for a period of more than 1 month, an
official visitor must review the order— (a)
as
near as practicable to the end of the first month; and
(b) subsequently, at intervals of not more
than 1 month until the period ends. (5)
When reviewing
a safety order,
an official visitor
may exercise the powers mentioned in
section 291. (6) After completing a review, an official
visitor must recommend to the
chief executive
whether the
safety order
should be
confirmed, amended or cancelled.
(7) If the
official visitor
recommends that
the safety order
be amended by reducing the period of the
order, or that the order be cancelled, the official visitor
must also recommend to the chief executive
what should
be done about
any privileges forfeited
by the prisoner
while the
order applied
to the prisoner.
(8) The chief executive must consider the
recommendations and either confirm, amend or cancel the safety
order. (9) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that the chief executive is not bound by an
official visitor’s recommendations. (10)
For
this section, 2 or more safety orders running consecutively
are
taken to be 1 safety order. 57 Health
examination If a safety order is made for a prisoner, a
doctor or nurse must examine the prisoner for any health
concerns— (a) as soon as practicable after the order
is made; and (b) subsequently, at intervals of not more
than 7 days (to the greatest practicable extent) for the
duration of the order. 58 Temporary safety
order (1) The chief
executive may
make a
temporary order
(the temporary safety
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(a) a doctor
or psychologist is
not available to
advise the
chief executive about the risk of the
prisoner harming himself, herself or someone else; and
(b) a corrective services officer or nurse
advises the chief executive that the officer or nurse
reasonably believes the prisoner may harm himself, herself or
someone else. (2) The temporary safety order must not be
for a period longer than 5 days. (3)
The
chief executive must refer the temporary safety order to a
doctor or psychologist before the period
ends. (4) The doctor or psychologist must review
the temporary safety order as soon as practicable before
the period ends. (5) After completing the review, the
doctor or psychologist must recommend to the
chief executive whether— (a) the chief
executive should make a safety order for the prisoner;
or (b) the temporary safety order should be
cancelled. (6) The chief executive must consider the
recommendation and— (a) if the recommendation is that a safety
order be made for the prisoner—make a safety order for the
prisoner; or (b) cancel the temporary safety
order. 59 Record (1)
The
chief executive must record, for each corrective services
facility, the details of each prisoner
subject to a safety order or temporary safety
order. (2) For a
safety order,
the details must
include each
of the following— (a)
the
prisoner’s name, identification number and age; (b)
whether the
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(c) the name of any doctor or psychologist
on whose advice the order was made; (d)
the
date on which the order was made; (e)
the
period for which the order was made; (f)
the
dates the prisoner was examined under section 57;
(g) if the order was reviewed—
(i) the date when the review was carried
out; and (ii) the
name of
the doctor, psychologist or
official visitor who
reviewed the order; and (iii) the decision of
the chief executive. (3) For a temporary
safety order, the details must include each of the
following— (a) the prisoner’s name, identification
number and age; (b) whether the
prisoner is
an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander person; (c)
the
name of the corrective services officer or nurse on
whose advice the order was made;
(d) the date on which the order was
made; (e) the period for which the order was
made; (f) the date when the order was
reviewed; (g) the name of the doctor or psychologist
who reviewed the order; (h)
the
decision of the chief executive following the review.
Division 6 Maximum security
orders 60 Maximum security order
(1) The chief
executive may
make an
order (the
maximum security
order )
that a
prisoner be
accommodated in
a maximum security unit.
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(2) The maximum security order may be made
only if— (a) the prisoner’s security classification
is maximum; and (b) the chief executive reasonably
believes that 1 or more of the following apply—
(i) there is
a high risk
of the prisoner
escaping, or
attempting to escape; (ii)
there is
a high risk
of the prisoner
killing or
seriously injuring other prisoners or other
persons with whom the prisoner may come into
contact; (iii) generally, the
prisoner is a substantial threat to the security
or good order
of the corrective services
facility. (3)
The
maximum security order must not be for a period longer
than
6 months. 61 Consecutive maximum security
orders (1) The chief
executive may
make a
further maximum
security order
for a prisoner
to take effect
at the end
of an existing
maximum security order. (2)
The
further maximum security order must be made not more
than
14 days before the end of the existing maximum security
order. (3)
However, the
chief executive
must not
make the
further maximum security
order unless— (a) not more
than 28
days before
the end of
the existing maximum
security order,
the chief executive
gives written
notice to
the prisoner advising
the prisoner that—
(i) the chief executive is about to
consider whether a further maximum security order should be
made; and (ii) the prisoner
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executive about anything relevant to the
decision about making the further maximum security
order; and (b) the
chief executive
considers any
submission the
prisoner makes under paragraph
(a)(ii). Not authorised —indicative only
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order (1) A maximum security order for a
prisoner must include, if it is practicable,
directions about the extent to which— (a)
the prisoner is
to be separated
from other
prisoners accommodated in
the maximum security unit; and (b)
the
prisoner is to receive privileges. (2)
The
privileges the prisoner may receive while subject to the
maximum security order must be limited to
privileges— (a) that can be enjoyed within the maximum
security unit; and (b) the
enjoyment of
which, in
the circumstances of
the order, may reasonably be expected not
to pose a risk to the security or
good order
of the corrective services
facility. (3)
The
maximum security order may include directions about the
prisoner’s access,
within the
maximum security
unit, to
programs and services, including training
and counselling. (4) The chief
executive may
provide for
the prisoner’s reintegration
into the mainstream prisoner population of the corrective
services facility before the period of the maximum
security order ends. 63
Review of maximum security order
(1) A prisoner subject to a maximum
security order may apply in writing to the
chief executive for referral of the order to an official visitor
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(a) if the period of the maximum security
order is 3 months or less, the
prisoner can
not ask for
the order to
be referred more than once; or
(b) if the period of the maximum security
order is more than 3 months, the prisoner can not ask for the
order to be referred more than twice in any 6 month
period. (3) After receiving an application under
subsection (1), the chief executive must refer the maximum
security order to an official visitor.
(4) The official visitor must review the
maximum security order. (5) In addition to
the prisoner’s entitlement under subsection (2),
the
prisoner may also ask for the maximum security order to
be
referred to an official visitor if the chief executive
amends the order, other than under subsection
(9). (6) The official
visitor, on
the official visitor’s
own initiative, must review the
maximum security order if— (a) the period of
the order is more than 3 months; and (b)
the
order has not been reviewed— (i)
at
the prisoner’s request; or (ii) within the
previous 3 months. (7) When reviewing
the maximum security
order, the
official visitor may
exercise the powers mentioned in section 291. (8)
After completing the
review, the
official visitor
must recommend
to the chief
executive whether
the maximum security order
should be confirmed, amended or cancelled. (9)
The
chief executive must consider the recommendation and
confirm, amend or cancel the maximum
security order. (10) To remove any
doubt, it is declared that the chief executive is
not
bound by the official visitor’s recommendation. (11)
For
this section, 2 or more maximum security orders running
consecutively are taken to be 1 maximum
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64 Health examination If a maximum
security order is made for a prisoner, a doctor or nurse must
examine the prisoner for any health concerns— (a)
as
soon as practicable after the order takes effect; and
(b) subsequently, at intervals of not more
than 28 days (to the greatest practicable extent)
for the duration
of the order;
and (c) as soon
as practicable after
the order ceases
to have effect.
65 Record (1)
The
chief executive must record, for each corrective services
facility, the
details of
each prisoner
subject to
a maximum security
order. (2) The details must include each of the
following— (a) the prisoner’s name, identification
number and age; (b) whether the
prisoner is
an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander person; (c)
the date on
which the
maximum security
order was
made; (d)
the
period for which the maximum security order was made;
(e) the dates the prisoner was examined
under section 64; (f) if the order was reviewed—
(i) the date when the review was carried
out; and (ii) the name of the
official visitor who reviewed the order;
and (iii) the
decision of
the chief executive
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Division 7 Transfer and
removal of prisoners Not authorised —indicative
only Subdivision 1 Transfer to a
work camp 66 Work order (1)
The chief executive
may, by
written order
(a work order
), transfer a prisoner from a corrective
services facility to a work camp.
(2) The prisoner must perform community
service as directed by the chief executive.
(3) A work order may include the
conditions the chief executive reasonably considers
necessary for
all or any
of the following— (a)
to
help the prisoner reintegrate into the community;
(b) to ensure the prisoner’s good
conduct; (c) to stop the prisoner committing an
offence. (4) The chief executive must give a copy
of the work order to the prisoner. (5)
The
prisoner must— (a) keep the
copy of
the work order
in the prisoner’s possession while
it is in force; and (b) if asked by a corrective services
officer or police officer, produce the
copy of
the order for
inspection by
the officer. (6)
The Judicial Review
Act 1991 ,
parts 3,
4 and 5,
other than
section 41(1), do not apply to a decision
made, or purportedly made, under this section about
transferring a prisoner. Note— The
Judicial Review Act 1991 , part 3 deals
with statutory orders of review, part 4 deals with reasons for
decisions and part 5 deals with prerogative
orders and injunctions. (7) In this
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decision includes a
decision affected by jurisdictional error. 67
Restriction on eligibility for transfer to
work camp (1) A prisoner is not eligible to be
transferred to a work camp if— (a)
the
prisoner has been charged with an offence that has
not
been dealt with by a court; or (b)
the
chief executive is aware of an unexecuted warrant
relating to the prisoner; or
(c) a deportation or extradition order has
been made against the prisoner; or (d)
an
appeal has been made to a court against the prisoner’s
conviction or sentence and the appeal is not
decided; or (e) the prisoner has been convicted of a
sexual offence. (2) When deciding whether to transfer a
prisoner to a work camp, the chief executive must
consider— (a) all recommendations of the sentencing
court; and (b) the risk
the prisoner may
pose to
the community, including, for
example, by considering— (i) the risk of the
prisoner escaping or attempting to escape;
and (ii) the
risk of
physical or
psychological harm
to a member of the
community and the degree of risk; and
(iii) the prisoner’s
security classification; and (c)
anything else the chief executive considers
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Subdivision 2 Other transfer
and removal of prisoners Not
authorised —indicative
only 68 Transfer to
another corrective services facility or a health
institution (1)
The
chief executive may, by written order, transfer a prisoner
from
a corrective services facility to— (a)
another corrective services facility;
or (b) a place for— (i)
medical or
psychological examination or
treatment; or (ii)
examination or
treatment for
substance dependency. (2)
The order may
include the
conditions the
chief executive
reasonably considers necessary to effect the
transfer. (3) The prisoner must be escorted by a
corrective services officer or police
officer. (4) The prisoner
may be detained
in a place
for as long
as is necessary or
convenient to give effect to the order. (5)
If a prisoner
is transferred to
an authorised mental
health service
and becomes a
classified patient
under the
Mental Health Act
2016 , the patient is taken to be in the custody
of the administrator of the patient’s treating
health service under that Act. (6)
The Judicial Review
Act 1991 ,
parts 3,
4 and 5,
other than
section 41(1), do not apply to a decision
made, or purportedly made, under this section about
transferring a prisoner. Note— The
Judicial Review Act 1991 , part 3 deals
with statutory orders of review, part 4 deals with reasons for
decisions and part 5 deals with prerogative
orders and injunctions. (7) In this
section— decision includes a
decision affected by jurisdictional error. Page 74
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69 Transfer to court (1)
The
chief executive must produce a prisoner at the time and
place, and
for the purpose,
stated in
a court order
or an attendance
authority. (2) A party to a civil proceeding who
requires a prisoner to attend court
must pay
to the chief
executive the
expenses for
the prisoner’s attendance.
(3) The transfer of a prisoner to a court
must be authorised by an order of the chief executive, even if
it is required by a court order or an attendance
authority. (4) In this section— attendance
authority means— (a)
a
summons under the Justices Act 1886 ; or
(b) a notice
to appear under
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act 2000
;
or (c) a law list published by a court;
or (d) a notice from a court to the chief
executive advising that the prisoner is required to be present
in the court for a particular matter. civil
proceeding does not include— (a)
a
criminal proceeding; or (b) a proceeding
relating to corrupt conduct alleged against a staff
member. court includes
a tribunal or
person with
power to
compel persons to
attend before it, him or her. 70
Removal of prisoner for law enforcement
purposes (1) A person
may, in
the approved form,
apply to
the chief executive
for a prisoner
to be removed
from a
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(a) the prisoner to provide information to
a law enforcement agency to help the agency perform its law
enforcement functions; or (b)
a
law enforcement agency to question the prisoner about
an
indictable offence alleged to have been committed by
the
prisoner. (2) The chief executive may authorise the
removal of the prisoner only if
the prisoner, in
the presence of
an official visitor,
agrees in writing. (3)
The
prisoner may be removed only by a corrective services
officer or police officer.
(4) While the
prisoner is
absent from
the corrective services
facility, the prisoner is taken to be in the
custody of the chief executive of the law enforcement
agency. Subdivision 3 Reconsidering
transfer decision 71 Reconsidering decision
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the chief executive decides to
transfer a prisoner under section 66 or 68, other than a
preliminary transfer or a transfer for
the purposes of
the prisoner’s initial
placement; and (b)
the
prisoner is dissatisfied with the decision. (2)
The
prisoner may, within 7 days after being given notice of
the decision, apply
in writing to
the chief executive
for a reconsideration
of the decision. (3) After reconsidering the
decision, the
chief executive
may confirm, amend or cancel the
decision. (4) The Judicial
Review Act
1991 ,
parts 3,
4 and 5,
other than
section 41(1), do not apply to a decision
made, or purportedly made, under subsection (3).
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Chapter 2 Prisoners [s 72]
Note— The
Judicial Review Act 1991 , part 3 deals
with statutory orders of review, part 4 deals with reasons for
decisions and part 5 deals with prerogative
orders and injunctions. (5) In this
section— decision ,
for subsection (4), includes
a decision affected
by jurisdictional error.
initial placement , of a prisoner
who is sentenced to a period of imprisonment,
means the placement of the prisoner at— (a)
if a preliminary transfer
of the prisoner
has been made—the
corrective services
facility to
which the
prisoner is
transferred following
the preliminary transfer;
or (b) otherwise—the corrective services
facility to which the prisoner is
transferred after
first being
admitted to
a corrective services facility on
sentencing. preliminary transfer
means the
transfer on
sentencing of
a prisoner who
is detained on
remand for
an offence, if
the transfer is for the purposes of
assessing and determining an appropriate
corrective services facility for the prisoner’s initial
placement. Division 8
Leave of absence Subdivision
1 Chief executive’s powers 72
Power
to grant leave (1) The chief executive may, by written
order, grant a prisoner— (a) leave for
community service ( community service leave );
or (b) leave for
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(c) leave for
educational or
vocational activities (
educational leave ); or
(d) leave for
medical, dental
or optical treatment
( health leave
);
or (e) leave for another purpose the chief
executive is satisfied justifies granting the leave.
(2) The chief
executive may
grant the
leave on
reasonable conditions
stated in the order. (3) The
chief executive
may, if
the chief executive
reasonably considers
it necessary, order
the prisoner remain
in the physical custody
of, or be supervised by, a corrective services officer during
the leave. (4) This section applies subject to
section 73 and subdivision 3. 73
Compassionate leave (1)
Compassionate leave may be granted to enable
a prisoner— (a) to visit a relative who is seriously
ill; or (b) to attend a relative’s funeral;
or (c) for a
female prisoner
who is the
mother of
a young child—to
establish the child with a replacement primary care giver;
or (d) for a
prisoner who,
before being
imprisoned, was
the primary care
giver of
a child—to maintain
the relationship with the child.
(2) The prisoner must prove the need for
the leave to the chief executive’s satisfaction.
(3) When considering whether to grant
compassionate leave to a prisoner, the
chief executive
must take
into account
the prisoner’s culturally specific
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Restrictions on granting particular
leave 81
Leave
for prisoner serving a life sentence, or serious
violent offender (1)
This
section applies to the grant of any of the following leave
to a prisoner
who is serving
a life sentence
or is a
serious violent
offender— (a) community service leave;
(b) educational leave. (2)
If a
court ordered that the prisoner serve a stated period before
being granted leave, the chief executive
must not grant leave to the prisoner unless the prisoner
has served at least the stated period.
(3) Otherwise, the
chief executive
must not
grant leave
to the prisoner unless
the prisoner has reached the prisoner’s parole eligibility
date. (4) In deciding whether to grant leave to
the prisoner, the chief executive must
consider all
recommendations of
the sentencing court about the
prisoner. 82 Leave for other particular
prisoners (1) The following prisoners may be granted
only compassionate leave or health leave— (a)
a
prisoner detained on remand for an offence; (b)
a prisoner detained
under the
Migration Act
1958 (Cwlth);
(c) a prisoner
imprisoned for
an indefinite period
for contempt; (d)
a
prisoner detained under the Criminal Law
Amendment Act 1945 , part 3;
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Note— The
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
1945 ,
part 3
deals with
indeterminate detention
of offenders convicted
of sexual offences.
(e) a prisoner
detained, other
than as
mentioned in
paragraph (d), for a sexual offence.
(2) The prisoner
must remain
in the physical
custody of
a corrective services officer during the
leave. Subdivision 4 Other provisions
about leave of absence 83
Prisoner’s expenses while on leave
(1) The chief executive may authorise a
prisoner granted leave of absence to
be given money
or something else
the chief executive
reasonably considers
necessary to
meet the
prisoner’s requirements while on the
leave. (2) The prisoner
must return
to the chief
executive the
unused portion of money
given to the prisoner. 84 Prisoner’s duties
while on leave (1) The chief
executive must
give a
prisoner granted
leave of
absence a copy of the order granting the
leave. (2) While on the leave, the prisoner
must— (a) keep the copy of the order in the
prisoner’s possession; and (b)
if asked by
a police officer
or a corrective services
officer, produce the copy of the order for
inspection by the officer. (3)
The prisoner must
comply with
the conditions stated
in the order, unless
the prisoner has a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty for
subsection (3)—6 months
imprisonment. Page 80
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85 Suspending or cancelling order for
leave of absence (1) The chief executive may suspend the
operation of an order for a prisoner’s leave of absence and
require the prisoner to return to
a corrective services
facility if
the chief executive
reasonably believes the prisoner—
(a) has failed to comply with the order;
or (b) poses a serious and immediate risk of
harm to someone else; or (c)
poses an unacceptable risk of committing an
offence. (2) The chief executive must notify the
prisoner of the suspension or cancellation of the order before
requiring the prisoner to return, unless
the chief executive
reasonably believes
the prisoner poses
a serious and
immediate risk
of harm to
someone else. 87
Leave
of absence is part of period of imprisonment The
time spent
by a prisoner
on leave of
absence, whether
before or after the commencement of this
section, counts as time served under the prisoner’s period of
imprisonment. 88 When leave of absence is not
required Leave of absence is not required to
authorise the transfer of a prisoner from a
corrective services facility— (a)
to
another part of the facility; or (b)
to another corrective services
facility, if
the prisoner does
not go anywhere
else on
the way to
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Division 9 Interstate leave
of absence Not authorised —indicative
only Subdivision 1 Interstate leave
permit 89 Interstate leave permit
(1) The chief
executive may,
by written order
( interstate leave
permit )
issued to
a prisoner, grant
leave to
the prisoner to
travel to and from, and remain in, a
participating State for a stated period of not more than 7 days
for a purpose prescribed under a regulation.
(2) The interstate leave
permit is
subject to
the conditions, including
conditions about
escorting the
prisoner, the
chief executive states
in the permit. Example— The chief
executive may require a corrective services officer to
escort the prisoner while on leave.
(3) The prisoner must comply with the
conditions of the interstate leave permit,
unless the prisoner has a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty for
subsection (3)—6 months
imprisonment. 90
Effect of interstate leave permit
(1) An interstate leave permit issued to a
prisoner authorises the prisoner to be absent from the
corrective services facility— (a)
for
the purpose and period stated in the permit; and
(b) as stated in the permit,
either— (i) unescorted; or (ii)
while being escorted. (2)
An interstate leave
permit requiring
the prisoner to
be escorted authorises the prisoner to be
escorted— (a) to the participating State, whether or
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(b) back to the corrective services
facility. (3) While a prisoner is on leave under an
interstate leave permit, the prisoner remains in the chief
executive’s custody. (4) The time spent
by a prisoner on leave under an interstate leave
permit counts as time served under the
prisoner’s period of imprisonment, but
only if
the prisoner does
not breach a
condition of the permit. 91
Amending or cancelling permit
(1) The chief
executive may,
by signed instrument, amend
or cancel an interstate leave
permit. (2) The amendment or cancellation takes
effect immediately the chief executive signs the
instrument. 92 Notice to participating State
(1) On the
granting of
an interstate leave
permit, the
chief executive must
give written notice of the issue, and period, of
the
permit to— (a) the corresponding chief
executive and
chief officer
of police of the participating State;
and (b) the chief
officer of
police of
any other State
through which the
prisoner is to travel to reach the participating
State. (2)
In
this section— corresponding chief executive
, of
a participating State, means the
officer responsible for
the administration of
corrective services in that
State. 93 Liability for damage
(1) The State is liable for any damage or
loss sustained by anyone in a participating State that is
caused by the act or omission of a
prisoner, or
a person escorting
the prisoner, while
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(2) Nothing in this section affects or
limits any right of action the State may have
against the prisoner or person for the damage or loss.
Not authorised —indicative
only Subdivision 2 Corresponding
interstate leave permit 94
Effect of corresponding interstate leave
permit (1) This section applies to a person who
is authorised to escort an interstate prisoner
under a
corresponding interstate leave
permit (the interstate
escort ). (2) The
interstate escort
is authorised, in
Queensland, to
escort the
prisoner— (a) for the purposes stated in the permit,
including for the purpose of
returning the
interstate prisoner
to the participating
State; and (b) for the period stated in the
permit. 95 Escape of interstate prisoner
(1) This section
applies to
an interstate prisoner
who is in
Queensland under a corresponding interstate
leave permit. (2) If the
interstate prisoner
escapes from
custody, the
prisoner may be arrested
without warrant by the prisoner’s interstate escort, a police
officer or someone else. (3) If the
interstate prisoner has escaped and been arrested, or has
attempted to
escape, the
prisoner may
be taken before
a magistrate. (4)
Despite the terms of the corresponding
interstate leave permit, the magistrate may, by warrant, order
the interstate prisoner— (a) to be returned
to the participating State; and (b)
to
be delivered to an interstate escort. (5)
The
warrant may be executed according to its terms. Page 84
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(6) The interstate prisoner
mentioned in
the warrant may
be detained as a prisoner of the
State— (a) for 14 days after the warrant is
issued; or (b) until the
prisoner is
delivered into
the custody of
an interstate escort, if that happens
before the end of the 14 days. (7)
If
the interstate prisoner is not delivered into the custody of
an interstate escort within 14 days after the
warrant is issued, the warrant ceases to have effect.
Subdivision 3 Corresponding
law 96 Corresponding law A
regulation may
declare a
law of another
State to
be a corresponding law
for this division
if the law
substantially corresponds to
the provisions of this division. Division
9A Approvals for Mutual Assistance in
Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cwlth)
96A Mutual assistance approval
(1) At the
request of
the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the
relevant entity may, by order in
writing— (a) give approval
( mutual assistance approval
) for a
prisoner to travel to a foreign
country— (i) for the purpose of giving evidence at
a proceeding relating to a criminal matter, as mentioned
in the Commonwealth Act, section 26; or
(ii) for the purpose
of giving assistance in relation to an
investigation relating
to a criminal
matter, as
mentioned in the Commonwealth Act, section
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(b) give the
directions and
impose the
conditions that
the relevant entity considers are
necessary for the release of the prisoner
under the approval. (2) While a mutual assistance approval is
in force, the prisoner to whom the approval relates—
(a) is authorised to
be absent from
custody (other
than custody
referred to
in the Commonwealth Act,
section 26(1)(e)(iii) or
27(1)(e)(iii)) in
relation to
any period during which the prisoner
would, if the approval were not in force, be required to be
in custody; and (b) is exempt from any other requirements
imposed under this or any other Act that would, if the
approval were not in force, prevent
the prisoner from
travelling to
the foreign country
for the purpose
stated in
the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s
request. (3) In this section— Commonwealth
Act means the Mutual
Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cwlth).
relevant entity means—
(a) in relation to a prisoner who is
released on parole—the parole board; or (b)
otherwise—the chief executive.
96B Giving prisoner notice of approval and
conditions On the giving of a mutual assistance
approval, the entity that gave the approval must give the
prisoner to whom it relates written notice
of— (a) the approval; and (b)
any
conditions relating to the approval and imposed on
the
prisoner under section 96A(1)(b). Page 86
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96C Complying with conditions of
approval A prisoner who
is given notice,
under section
96B, of a mutual
assistance approval
and conditions imposed
on the prisoner must
comply with the conditions. Maximum
penalty—6 months imprisonment. Not
authorised —indicative only
96D Time spent while released under mutual
assistance approval is part of period of
imprisonment The time spent by a prisoner while released
under a mutual assistance approval counts as time served
under the prisoner’s period of imprisonment.
Division 10 Conditional
release Subdivision 1 Eligibility for
conditional release 97 Eligibility (1)
A
prisoner is eligible for conditional release if the
prisoner— (a) was sentenced before the commencement
of this section to a term of imprisonment for an offence
committed on or after 1 July 2001 resulting in the
prisoner’s period of imprisonment being 2 years or less;
and (b) has served two-thirds of the period of
imprisonment. (2) However, the prisoner is not eligible
for conditional release if— (a)
the
prisoner has been convicted of an offence committed
during the period of imprisonment; or
(b) the prisoner
is being detained
on remand for
another offence;
or (c) the prisoner
is eligible for
release on
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(d) the prisoner
must be
released on
parole under
a court ordered parole
order. (3) A default
period of
imprisonment for
the nonpayment of
a fine or restitution, that is ordered
to be served cumulatively with another period of imprisonment,
is not to be taken into account for
this section,
including, for
example, when
calculating the period of imprisonment for
subsection (1)(a). Subdivision 2 Conditional
release order 98 Making order (1)
The chief executive
may, by
written order
( conditional release
order ),
grant a
prisoner conditional release
if satisfied— (a)
the
prisoner’s release does not pose an unacceptable risk
to
the community; and (b) the prisoner has been of good conduct
and industry. (2) The conditional release order may
contain the conditions the chief executive considers reasonably
necessary for any of the following— (a)
to
help the prisoner reintegrate into the community;
(b) to secure the prisoner’s good
conduct; (c) to stop the prisoner committing an
offence. (3) The chief
executive must
give a
copy of
the order to
the prisoner on
or before the
day on which
the prisoner is
released. 99
Risk
to community In deciding whether
the prisoner’s release
poses an
unacceptable risk
to the community, the
matters the
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(a) the possibility of
the prisoner committing a
further offence;
(b) the risk of physical or psychological
harm to a member of the community and the degree of
risk; (c) the prisoner’s past
offences and
any pattern of
offending; (d)
whether the circumstances of the offence or
offences for which the
prisoner was
convicted were
exceptional when
compared with
the majority of
offences of
that kind
committed; (e) whether there
are any other
circumstances that
may increase the risk to the community
when compared with the risk posed
by an offender
committing offences
of that kind; (f)
any
relevant remarks made by the sentencing court; (g)
any
relevant medical or psychological report relating to
the
prisoner; (h) any relevant behavioural report
relating to the prisoner. 100 Good conduct and
industry (1) In deciding
whether the
prisoner has
been of
good conduct
and industry, the
chief executive
must consider
the following— (a)
whether the prisoner has complied with all
requirements to which the prisoner was subject;
(b) whether the
prisoner has
undergone separate
confinement for a major breach of
discipline; (c) whether the
prisoner has
participated in
programs recommended by
the chief executive to the best of the prisoner’s
ability. (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the
matters the chief executive may
consider in
deciding whether
the prisoner has
been of
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101 Refusing conditional release
(1) If the
chief executive
is considering refusing
to make a
conditional release
order, the
chief executive
must give
the prisoner a notice— (a)
stating the
chief executive
is considering refusing
to make the order; and
(b) outlining the reason for the proposed
refusal; and (c) inviting the
prisoner to
show cause,
by written submissions
given to the chief executive within 21 days after
the notice is
given, why
the order should
be granted. (2)
The chief executive
must consider
all written submissions made within the
21 days and inform the prisoner, by written notice,
whether the
conditional release
order is
granted or
refused. Subdivision
3 Amending, suspending or cancelling
order 103 Amendment, suspension or
cancellation The chief executive may, by written order,
amend, suspend or cancel a
conditional release
order if
the chief executive
reasonably believes the prisoner subject to
the order has— (a) failed to comply with the order;
or (b) been charged with committing an
offence. 104 Warrant for prisoner’s arrest
(1) If the
chief executive
suspends or
cancels the
conditional release order,
the chief executive may issue a warrant for the prisoner’s
arrest. (2) The warrant may be directed to all
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Note— See also
the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 , section 798. (3)
When arrested,
the prisoner must
be taken to
a corrective services
facility— (a) if the order was suspended for a
period—to be kept there for the suspension period; or
(b) if the
order was
cancelled—to serve
the unexpired portion of the
prisoner’s period of imprisonment. 105
Information notice and changing chief
executive’s decision (1)
The chief executive
must give
the prisoner an
information notice on the
prisoner’s return to prison. (2)
The
information notice must invite the prisoner to show cause,
by
written submission given to the chief executive within 21
days
after the day the notice is given, why the chief executive
should change
the chief executive’s decision
to suspend or
cancel the conditional release order.
(3) The chief
executive must
consider all
written submissions given to the
chief executive by the prisoner within the 21 days
mentioned in the information notice.
(4) The chief
executive must
inform the
prisoner, by
written notice, whether
the chief executive has changed the decision, and if so,
how. (5) If the
chief executive
changes the
decision, the
changed decision has
effect. 106 Automatic cancellation
(1) This section
applies if
the prisoner is
convicted, during
the period of the conditional release
order or after its expiry, of an offence—
(a) committed during the period of the
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(b) for which
the prisoner is
sentenced to
a term of
imprisonment that is not wholly
suspended. (2) The conditional release
order is
taken to
have been
automatically cancelled
when the
prisoner committed
the offence. (3)
The time for
which the
prisoner was
released under
the conditional release
order before
the prisoner committed
the offence counts as time served under
the prisoner’s period of imprisonment. Subdivision
4 Expiry of order 107
Expiry A
prisoner is
taken to
have served
the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment if
the prisoner’s conditional release
order expires without
being cancelled under section 103 or 106. Division
11 Discharge or release 108
Discharge or release (1)
On a
prisoner’s release day, the prisoner must be discharged or
released at the time decided by the chief
executive. (2) Subsection (3) applies
if the prisoner’s release
day would, apart from that
subsection, be— (a) a Saturday or Sunday; or
(b) a public holiday throughout
Queensland; or (c) a public holiday at the place where
the prisoner is held in custody. (3)
The
prisoner must be discharged or released on the last day
before the
release day
that is
not a day
mentioned in
subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c).
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Chapter 2 Prisoners [s 109]
(4) The chief
executive may
give a
prisoner the
help the
chief executive
reasonably considers appropriate when the prisoner
is
discharged or released. Example— help with bus or
train fares (5) In this section— release
day means the day on which a prisoner is to
be— (a) released on conditional release;
or (b) released on parole; or
(c) discharged. 109
Effect of remission on discharge day for
cumulative sentence (1)
This section
applies if
a prisoner is
serving a
term of
imprisonment (the
second term
) cumulatively with
another term of
imprisonment (the first term ).
(2) For working out the prisoner’s
discharge day, the second term starts
at the end
of the first
term, taking
into account
any remission granted under any of the
repealed Acts in relation to the
first term,
including a
remission granted
after the
commencement of this section.
Note— For a remission
granted after the commencement, see sections 401 and
402. 110 Discharge within
7 days before discharge day (1)
This
section applies to a person— (a)
who
is— (i) a prisoner; or (ii)
a person who
has been sentenced
to a term
of imprisonment and
is in the
commissioner’s custody;
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(b) who has
served at least
half of
the person’s period
of imprisonment. (2)
The
chief executive may order that the person be discharged
within 7 days immediately before the
person’s discharge day. Example— The
person’s discharge
day falls on
a Friday but
transport to
the person’s community is only available
on a Wednesday. The person may be discharged on
the Wednesday before the discharge day. 111
Remaining in corrective services facility
after discharge day (1) A
prisoner may
apply in
writing to
the chief executive
for permission to remain in a corrective
services facility after the prisoner’s
discharge day. (2) The chief
executive may
grant or
refuse to
grant the
permission. (3)
If
the chief executive grants the permission, the prisoner—
(a) is taken
to have completed
the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment on the prisoner’s
discharge day; and (b) must be
discharged within
4 days after
the discharge day.
(4) While a person who was a prisoner
remains in a corrective services facility after the person’s
discharge day, a corrective services
officer may
give the
person a
direction the
officer reasonably
considers necessary for the security or good order
of
the facility or a person’s safety. (5)
The
person must comply with the direction, unless the person
has
a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units. (6) If the person fails to comply with the
direction— (a) the corrective services officer may
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(b) if the
person fails
to leave the
facility—a corrective services officer
may, as directed by the chief executive and
using reasonably necessary
force, remove
the person from the facility.
(7) Subsection (6) applies
whether or
not the person
is charged with an offence
against subsection (5). Not authorised
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Division 12 Arrest of
prisoners 112 Arresting prisoner unlawfully at
large (1) If a
prisoner is
unlawfully at
large, a
corrective services
officer may— (a)
arrest the prisoner without warrant;
or (b) apply in writing to an authorised
person for the issue of a warrant for the prisoner’s
arrest. Note— See also
the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 , section 366. (2)
The
authorised person may issue the warrant only if satisfied
the
prisoner is unlawfully at large. (3)
The
warrant may be directed to all corrective services officers
and
may be executed by any of them. (4)
The
period during which a prisoner is unlawfully at large does
not
count as part of the prisoner’s period of imprisonment.
(5) In this section— authorised
person means— (a)
if a
prisoner is unlawfully at large after a parole order
has
been suspended or cancelled—the parole board; or
(b) in any case—the chief executive or a
magistrate. unlawfully at large , for a
prisoner, includes— (a) when the
prisoner has
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offences [s 113] (b)
when
the prisoner has escaped from lawful custody. Not
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only Chapter 3 Breaches of
discipline and offences Part 1
Breaches of discipline by
prisoners 113
Breaches of discipline generally
(1) A regulation may prescribe an act or
omission to be a breach of discipline by a prisoner.
(2) A corrective services
officer need
not start proceedings against
a prisoner for
a breach of
discipline if
the officer considers the
proceedings should not be started having regard to—
(a) the trivial nature of the breach;
or (b) the circumstances surrounding the
commission of
the breach; or (c)
the
prisoner’s previous conduct. (3)
A corrective services
officer must
not start proceedings against a
prisoner for a breach of discipline if the prisoner’s
act or omission
was referred to
the commissioner under
section 114(2)(b), unless
the commissioner has
advised the
chief executive that the matter is not to be
prosecuted as an offence. (4)
If a corrective services
officer decides
to start proceedings against a
prisoner for a breach of discipline, the officer must
decide, having
regard to
the matters mentioned
in subsection (2), whether
the prisoner should
be proceeded against for a
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offences [s 114] (5)
However, if a prisoner’s act or omission was
referred to the commissioner under
section 114(2)(b) and
is not to
be prosecuted as
an offence, a
corrective services
officer may
only
decide whether the prisoner should be proceeded against
for
a major breach of discipline. Not
authorised —indicative only
114 Breach of discipline constituting an
offence (1) If a corrective services officer
observes, or obtains knowledge of, a prisoner’s
act or omission that could be dealt with either as
an offence or
as a breach
of discipline, the
officer must
immediately inform the chief executive of
the act or omission. (2) The chief
executive must— (a) within 24 hours after receiving the
information, tell the prisoner that
the matter is
to be referred
to the commissioner;
and (b) within 48
hours after
telling the
prisoner under
paragraph (a), refer the matter to the
commissioner. 115 Prisoner not to be punished twice for
same act or omission (1)
A
prisoner must not be punished for an act or omission as a
breach of
discipline if
the prisoner has
been convicted
or acquitted of an offence for the same
act or omission. (2) A prisoner must not be charged with an
offence because of an act or omission if the prisoner has
been punished for the act or omission as a
breach of discipline. 116 Considering
whether breach of discipline committed (1)
If a corrective services
officer starts
proceedings against
a prisoner for
a breach of
discipline, a
deciding officer
must conduct
a hearing to
decide whether
the breach was
committed. (2)
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 116] Not
authorised —indicative
only (a) if the matter
was referred to the commissioner and the commissioner
advised the chief executive that the matter is
not to be
prosecuted as
an offence—as soon
as practicable, but within 14 days, after
the chief executive receives the advice; or (b)
if
paragraph (a) does not apply— (i)
for
a minor breach of discipline—within 24 hours after the
alleged time the alleged breach happened; or
(ii) for
a major breach
of discipline—as soon
as practicable, but within 14 days, after
the deciding officer becomes aware of the alleged
breach. (3) The deciding officer must—
(a) tell the
prisoner of
any evidence supporting the
allegation of the breach of discipline;
and (b) give the
prisoner a
reasonable opportunity to
make submissions in
the prisoner’s defence,
including, for
example, by attending the hearing
and— (i) questioning any
witness called
by the chief
executive; and (ii)
calling a
person within
the corrective services
facility to give evidence in the prisoner’s
defence, unless the deciding officer considers the
evidence may be given in writing or in another form;
and (c) give the
prisoner a
reasonable opportunity to
make submissions in
mitigation of punishment. (4) The
deciding officer
may question the
prisoner and
anyone else who may be
able to provide relevant information. (5)
Neither the corrective services officer who
alleges the breach nor the prisoner are allowed any legal or
other representation before the deciding officer.
(6) However, the prisoner may be helped by
someone from the corrective services facility if the prisoner
is disadvantaged by language barriers or impaired mental
capacity. Page 98 Current as at
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offences [s 117] (7)
The
deciding officer is not bound by the rules of evidence but
may,
subject to a regulation, inform himself or herself about
the
matter in the way the deciding officer thinks appropriate.
Not authorised —indicative only
117 Further provisions about considering
major breach of discipline (1)
The consideration of
a major breach
of discipline must
be videotaped. (2)
After considering a major breach of
discipline and deciding it is appropriate in
the circumstances, the
deciding officer
may— (a)
declare the
breach to be a
minor breach
of discipline; and
(b) continue the
proceedings against
the prisoner for
the minor breach of discipline.
118 Consequences of breach of
discipline (1) This section applies if a deciding
officer— (a) is satisfied, on
the balance of
probabilities, that
a prisoner has committed a minor breach
of discipline; or (b) is satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt,
that a prisoner has committed a major breach of
discipline. (2) The deciding officer may—
(a) reprimand the prisoner without further
punishment; or (b) order that
privileges the
prisoner may
have otherwise
received be forfeited— (i)
for
a minor breach of discipline—in the 24 hours starting
when the
prisoner is
advised of
the decision; or (ii)
for a major
breach of
discipline—in the
7 days starting
when the
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offences [s 119] (c)
subject to
section 121, order
the prisoner to
undergo separate
confinement. (3) However, separate confinement may be
ordered for a minor breach of
discipline only
if the prisoner
has habitually committed minor
breaches of discipline and, on the occasion of
the breach immediately preceding
the alleged current
breach, was warned that the next
breach could result in the
prisoner being separately confined.
(4) Immediately after
making the
decision, the
deciding officer
must
tell the prisoner— (a) the decision; and (b)
that
the prisoner may have the decision reviewed; and
(c) how the prisoner may have the decision
reviewed. (5) If the
prisoner wants
to have the
decision reviewed,
the prisoner must tell the deciding
officer immediately after being told the
decision. (6) If the prisoner tells the deciding
officer that the prisoner wants to have the
decision reviewed, the deciding officer’s decision
is
stayed until the review is finished. 119
Review of decision (1)
A
review of a decision that a prisoner has committed a breach
of discipline must
be conducted by
a corrective services
officer (the reviewing
officer ) who holds a more senior office
than
the deciding officer. (2) The review must
be— (a) by way of rehearing, unaffected by the
decision, on the material before
the deciding officer
and any further
evidence allowed by the reviewing officer;
and (b) carried out as soon as practicable
after the prisoner tells the deciding officer that the prisoner
wants the decision reviewed. Page 100
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 120] (3)
The
prisoner may be present at the review hearing and make
submissions in
the prisoner’s defence
or in mitigation of
punishment. (4)
Neither the deciding officer nor the
prisoner are allowed any legal or other representation at the
review hearing. (5) However, the prisoner may be helped by
someone from the corrective services facility if the prisoner
is disadvantaged by language barriers or impaired mental
capacity. (6) For a major breach of discipline, the
review hearing must be videotaped. (7)
The
reviewing officer may— (a) confirm the
decision; or (b) vary the decision; or
(c) set the decision aside and substitute
another decision; or (d) for a major
breach of discipline— (i) declare
the breach to
be a minor
breach of
discipline; and (ii)
set the decision
aside and
substitute another
decision. (8)
Immediately after making the review
decision, the reviewing officer must tell the prisoner of the
decision. (9) The review decision is not subject to
appeal or further review under this Act. 120
Disciplinary breach register
The
chief executive must keep a register for each corrective
services facility
containing details
of the following
about prisoners at the
facility— (a) each decision
to deal with
a prisoner for
a breach of
discipline; (b)
each
decision that a prisoner has committed a breach of
discipline, including
whether the
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 121] that the next
breach could result in the prisoner being separately
confined; (c) each review of a decision that a
prisoner has committed a breach of discipline.
Not authorised —indicative
only 121 Separate
confinement (1) An order
for a prisoner
to undergo separate
confinement must—
(a) state the period of separate
confinement; and (b) take any special needs of the prisoner
into account; and (c) contain directions about the extent to
which the prisoner is to receive privileges.
(2) The period of separate confinement
stated in the order must not be more than 7 days.
(3) A doctor or nurse must examine the
prisoner for any health concerns as soon as practicable
after— (a) the order takes effect; and
(b) the order ceases to have
effect. Part 2 Offences by
prisoners 122 Unlawful assembly, riot and
mutiny (1) A prisoner must not take part in an
unlawful assembly. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.
(2) A prisoner must not take part in a
riot or mutiny. Maximum penalty— (a)
if,
during the riot or mutiny, the prisoner wilfully and
unlawfully damages or destroys, or attempts
to damage or destroy, property that is part of a
corrective services facility and the security of the facility is
endangered by the act—life imprisonment; or
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 122] (b)
if, during the
riot or
mutiny, the
prisoner demands
something be done or not be done with
threats of injury or detriment to
any person or
property—14 years
imprisonment; or (c)
if, during the
riot or
mutiny, the
prisoner escapes
or attempts to escape from lawful
custody, or helps another prisoner to
escape or
attempt to
escape from
lawful custody—14 years
imprisonment; or (d) if, during the riot or mutiny, the
prisoner wilfully and unlawfully damages or destroys, or
attempts to damage or destroy, any property—10 years
imprisonment; or (e) otherwise—6 years imprisonment.
(3) An offence against this section is a
crime. (4) In this section— mutiny
means 3
or more prisoners
collectively challenging authority under
this Act, with intent to subvert the authority, if
the
security of the corrective services facility is endangered.
prisoner means a prisoner
in a corrective services facility. riot
means an unlawful assembly that has begun to
act in so tumultuous a way as to disturb the
peace. unlawful assembly means 3 or more
prisoners— (a) assembled with intent to carry out a
common purpose and there are reasonable grounds to believe
the prisoners will— (i)
tumultuously disturb the peace; or
(ii) provoke other
prisoners to tumultuously disturb the peace; or
(b) who, having
assembled with
intent to
carry out
a common purpose,
whether or
not the assembly
was lawful, conduct
themselves in
a way that
there are
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provoke other prisoners to tumultuously
disturb the peace. 123
Dealing with prohibited thing
(1) A regulation may prescribe a thing to
be a prohibited thing. (2) A prisoner in a
corrective services facility must not deal, or attempt to deal,
with— (a) a prohibited thing; or
(b) something intended to be used by a
prisoner to make a prohibited thing. Maximum
penalty—2 years imprisonment. (3)
However, subsection (2) does not apply
to— (a) making or attempting to make a thing
if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to
make it; or (b) possession of
a thing if
the prisoner has
the chief executive’s
written approval to possess it. (4)
The
finding of a prohibited thing in a prisoner’s room that is
not shared with
another prisoner,
or on the
person of
a prisoner, in a corrective services
facility is evidence the thing was in the
prisoner’s possession when it was found. (5)
In
this section— deal with
, a thing,
means make,
possess, conceal
or knowingly consume the thing.
124 Other offences A prisoner must
not— (a) prepare to escape from lawful custody;
or Note— See the Criminal
Code, section 142 for the offence of escaping from lawful
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 125] (b)
assault or obstruct a staff member who is
performing a function or exercising a power under this
Act or is in a corrective services facility; or
(c) disobey a lawful direction of the
proper officer of a court or a person assisting the proper
officer of a court; or (d) organise,
attempt to
organise or
take part
in any opposition to
authority under this Act, whether inside or outside a
corrective services facility; or (e)
threaten to do grievous bodily harm to
someone else; or (f) unlawfully kill or injure, or attempt
to unlawfully kill or injure, a corrective services dog;
or (g) obstruct a
corrective services
dog working under
the control of
a corrective services
officer who
is performing duties under this Act;
or (h) assume another identity, or disguise
himself or herself, in order to commit an offence against this
Act; or (i) wilfully and
unlawfully destroy,
damage, remove
or otherwise interfere with any part of a
corrective services facility or any property in the facility;
or (j) without lawful authority, abstract or
remove information from, copy
or destroy information in,
or make a
false entry in, a
record kept under this Act; or (k)
without reasonable excuse, be unlawfully at
large. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
Part
3 General offences 125
Definition for pt 3 In this
part— person does not include
a prisoner, other than a prisoner who is
released on
parole or
a supervised dangerous
prisoner (sexual
offender). Current as at [Not applicable]
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offences [s 126] 126
Helping prisoner at large
(1) A person
must not
aid someone that
the person knows,
or ought reasonably know,
is a prisoner
who is unlawfully at
large. Maximum
penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
In
this section— aid includes abet, employ, harbour and
maintain. 127 Obstructing staff member or proper
officer of a court (1) A person must not obstruct a staff
member who is performing a function
or exercising a
power under
this Act,
unless the
person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (2)
A
person must not obstruct the proper officer of a court who
is performing a function or exercising a power
under this Act, unless the person has a reasonable
excuse. Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (3)
A
person who obstructs a corrective services dog under the
control of
a corrective services
officer who
is performing duties under
this Act is taken to obstruct a corrective services
officer. (4)
In
this section— obstruct includes hinder,
resist and attempt to obstruct. 128
Taking prohibited thing into corrective
services facility or giving prohibited thing to prisoner
(1) A person must not— (a)
take, or
attempt to
take, a
prohibited thing
into a
corrective services facility; or
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 129] (b)
cause, or attempt to cause, a prohibited
thing to be taken into a corrective services facility;
or (c) give, or attempt to give, a prohibited
thing to a prisoner in a corrective services
facility or
to a prisoner
of a court; or
(d) cause, or attempt to cause, a
prohibited thing to be given to
a prisoner in
a corrective services
facility or
to a prisoner of a
court. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (1)
if,
for the relevant act carried out or attempted, the person
has the approval of— (a)
if the act
relates to
a corrective services
facility or
a prisoner—the chief executive;
or (b) if the
act relates to
a prisoner of
a court—the proper
officer of the court. (3)
In
this section— give includes
send. prohibited thing includes
something that the person intends the prisoner or
prisoner of a court to use to make a prohibited thing.
129 Removing things from corrective
services facility (1) A person must not, without the chief
executive’s approval— (a) remove,
or attempt to
remove, anything
from a
corrective services facility; or
(b) cause, or attempt to cause, anything
to be removed from a corrective services facility; or
(c) take, or
attempt to
take, anything
from a
prisoner whether inside
or outside a corrective services facility. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty units. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 130] (2)
Subsection (1)(c) does
not apply to
a corrective services
officer acting
in the course
of the officer’s
duties as
a corrective services officer.
130 Unlawful entry A person must
not— (a) enter, or attempt to enter, a
corrective services facility without the
chief executive’s approval; or (b)
assume a
false identity
for the purpose
of entering a
corrective services facility.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. 131
Killing or injuring corrective services
dog (1) A person must not, without the chief
executive’s approval— (a) kill or injure a
corrective services dog; or (b)
attempt to kill or injure a corrective
services dog. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
If a person
is convicted of
killing or
injuring a
corrective services dog,
the court may, in addition to a penalty imposed under
subsection (1), order
the person to
pay to the
chief executive the
reasonable costs of the chief executive for— (a)
veterinary treatment and care of the dog;
or (b) retraining the dog; or
(c) acquiring and training a replacement
dog. 132 Interviewing and photographing
prisoner etc. (1) A person must not— Page 108
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 133] (a)
interview a
prisoner, or
obtain a
written or
recorded statement from a
prisoner, whether the prisoner is inside or outside a
corrective services facility; or Note—
Prisoner, as defined in schedule 4, includes
a prisoner released on parole. (b)
photograph or attempt to photograph—
(i) a prisoner inside a corrective
services facility; or (ii) a part of a
corrective services facility. Maximum
penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if
the
person is— (a) for subsection (1)(a) or (b)(i)—the
prisoner’s lawyer; or (b) an employee of a
law enforcement agency; or (c) the ombudsman;
or (d) a person who has the chief executive’s
written approval to carry out the activity mentioned in the
subsection. (3) In this section— photograph includes
record or
create a
visual image
other than by
photography. 133 Interfering with records
(1) A person must not, without the chief
executive’s approval— (a) take, or attempt
to take, information from a record kept under this Act;
or (b) destroy, or attempt to destroy,
information in a record kept under this Act.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. Current as at
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A
person must not make, or attempt to make, a false entry in a
record kept under this Act.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. 134
False
or misleading information (1) A person must
not give information to an official, including in
a
document, that the person knows is false or misleading in a
material particular. Maximum
penalty— (a) if the person is a prisoner—2 years
imprisonment; or (b) otherwise—100 penalty units or 2 years
imprisonment. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a
person giving a document, if the person when giving the
document— (a) informs the official, to the best of
the person’s ability, how it is false or misleading;
and (b) if the person has, or can reasonably
obtain, the correct information—gives the correct
information. (3) It is enough for a complaint against a
person for an offence against subsection
(1) to state that
the information was,
without specifying which, false or
misleading. (4) In this section— official
means any
of the following
when performing a
function or exercising a power under this
Act— (a) the chief executive;
(b) a staff member; (c)
a
corrective services officer; (d)
the
parole board; (e) an inspector; (f)
an
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135 Person near prisoner
(1) This section applies if an official
with control of a prisoner reasonably believes a person near the
prisoner is acting in a way that poses a risk to—
(a) the security of the prisoner;
or (b) the security
or good order
of the place
in which the
prisoner is detained. (2)
The
official may require the person to leave the vicinity of the
prisoner or place of detention.
(3) When making
the requirement, the
official must
warn the
person that— (a)
it
is an offence for the person not to comply with the
requirement, unless the person has a
reasonable excuse; and (b) the
official may
take the
action mentioned
in subsection (5). (4)
The person must
comply with
the requirement, unless
the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
1 year’s imprisonment. (5)
If
the person fails to comply with the requirement, the
official, using reasonably necessary force,
may— (a) remove the person from the vicinity of
the prisoner or place of detention; or (b)
if
the official is not a police officer, detain the person
until the person can be handed over to a
police officer. (6) However, the
person must
not be detained
under subsection
(5)(b) for longer than 4 hours. (7)
In
this section— official means a
corrective services officer, police officer or proper officer
of a court. prisoner includes a
prisoner of a court. Current as at [Not applicable]
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offences [s 136] 136
Temporary detention for security
offence (1) This section applies if a corrective
services officer— (a) finds a person committing a security
offence; or (b) finds a
person in
circumstances that
lead, or
has information that leads, the officer to
reasonably suspect the person has just committed a security
offence. (2) The corrective services
officer may,
using reasonably necessary
force— (a) conduct a
general search
or scanning search
of the person;
and (b) search anything in the person’s
possession, including a motor vehicle. (3)
The corrective services
officer may,
using reasonably necessary
force, detain
the person until
the person can
be handed over to a police
officer. (4) However, the
person must
not be detained
under subsection (3)
for longer than 4 hours. (5) In this
section— security offence means an offence
against this part, or another offence, that
poses a risk to— (a) the security
or good order
of a corrective services
facility; or (b)
the
security of a prisoner or a prisoner of a court.
137 Power to require name and
address (1) This section applies if a corrective
services officer— (a) finds a person committing an offence
against this Act; or (b) finds
a person in
circumstances that
lead, or
has information that leads, the officer to
reasonably suspect the person has
just committed
an offence against
this Act.
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 138] (2)
The
corrective services officer may require the person to state
the
person’s name and address. (3) When making the
requirement, the corrective services officer must
warn the
person it is an
offence for
the person not
to state the
person’s name
or address, unless
the person has
a reasonable excuse. (4)
The
corrective services officer may require the person to give
evidence of the correctness of the stated
name or address if the officer reasonably suspects the stated
name or address is false. (5) The
person must
comply with
a requirement under
subsection (2) or
(4), unless
the person has
a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units or
6 months imprisonment. (6)
A
person does not commit an offence against subsection (5)
if— (a) the person was
required to state the person’s name and address by a
corrective services officer; and (b)
the
person is not proved to have committed the offence.
Part
4 Seizing property 138
Seizing property (1)
A
corrective services officer may seize— (a)
anything found in a corrective services
facility, whether or not in
a person’s possession, that
the officer reasonably
considers poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to—
(i) the security or good order of the
facility; or (ii) the safety of
persons in the facility; or (b)
a
prohibited thing found in a corrective services facility,
other than on or in the possession of a
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 139] the
chief executive’s written
approval to
possess the
thing; or (c)
a prohibited thing
found on
or in the
possession of
a prisoner who does not have the chief
executive’s written approval to possess the thing.
(2) A corrective services
officer must
not seize a
document to
which legal professional privilege
attaches. 139 Receipt for seized property
(1) After a thing is seized from a person
under section 46, 47, 48 or 138,
a corrective services
officer must
give the
person a
receipt for the thing. (2)
The
receipt must— (a) generally describe the thing seized;
and (b) include any
other information required
under a
regulation. (3)
This section
does not
apply to
a thing if
it would be
impracticable or
unreasonable to
expect the
corrective services officer
to account for the thing given its condition, nature and
value. 140 Forfeiting seized thing
(1) A thing seized under section 46, 47,
48 or 138 is forfeited to the State
if the chief
executive decides
to forfeit the
thing because the
chief executive— (a) can not find its owner after making
reasonable inquiries, given the thing’s apparent value;
or (b) is unable, after making reasonable
efforts, to return it to its owner; or (c)
reasonably believes— (i)
possession of the thing by a prisoner is an
offence or a breach of discipline; or
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 140] (ii)
it is necessary
to keep the
thing to
stop it
being used to commit
an offence; or (iii) the thing is
inherently unsafe. (2) If the
chief executive
decides to
forfeit a
thing because
of subsection (1)(c), the chief executive
must, by written notice, tell the owner of the thing of the
decision and reasons for the decision.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the
chief executive can not find the owner of the thing after
making reasonable inquiries, given the
thing’s apparent value. (4) For this
section, regard must be had to the thing’s condition,
nature and value in deciding—
(a) whether it is reasonable to make
efforts or inquiries; and (b) if
efforts or
inquiries are
made—what efforts
or inquiries, including
the period over
which they
are made, are reasonable.
(5) A thing forfeited under this
section— (a) becomes the State’s property;
and (b) may be
dealt with
by the chief
executive as
the chief executive
considers appropriate, including, for example, by—
(i) keeping the thing and applying it for
the benefit of prisoners generally; or (ii)
donating the thing to a registered charity;
or (iii) if the thing is
inherently unsafe—destroying it. (6)
However, the
chief executive
must not
deal with
the thing, unless
it is perishable, before
the later of
the following happens—
(a) 28 days
elapses after
the notice required
under subsection (2)
was given; (b) if, within
the 28 days
mentioned in
paragraph (a),
an application is
made under
the Justices Act
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offences [s 141] section 39 in
relation to the property—the application, and any appeal
against the application, is decided. Note—
The Justices Act
1886 , section 39
deals with the power of a Magistrates Court to order delivery of
certain property. 141 Returning seized thing
(1) If a
thing seized
under section
46, 47, 48 or
138 is not
forfeited under section 140, the chief
executive must return it to its owner at the end of—
(a) 6 months after it is seized; or
(b) if a
proceeding for
an offence involving
it is started
within the
6 months—the proceeding and
any appeal from the
proceeding. (2) However, if the thing was being
retained as evidence of an offence and the chief executive
becomes satisfied its retention as evidence is
no longer necessary, the chief executive must return it
immediately. (3) Despite subsection (1), the chief
executive may retain a seized thing if the
chief executive reasonably considers its return is
inappropriate. Example—
a
letter written by the prisoner to a victim of the prisoner
142 Power of court in relation to seized
thing (1) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that the Justices Act 1886 ,
section 39 applies, in addition to this
part, to a seized thing. (2) When applying
the Justices Act 1886 , section 39,
the thing is taken not to have become the property of the
State. Page 116 Current as at
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5 Corrective Services Act 2006
Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 143] Use of
force Not authorised —indicative only
Division 1 Use of
reasonable force 143 Authority to use reasonable
force (1) A corrective services officer may use
force, other than lethal force, that is reasonably necessary
to— (a) compel compliance with an order given
or applying to a prisoner; or Example—
A
corrective services officer may use force that is reasonably
necessary to compel a prisoner to submit to
a search ordered by the chief executive under section 36 that
applies to the prisoner. (b) restrain
a prisoner who
is attempting or
preparing to
commit an
offence against
an Act or
a breach of
discipline; or (c)
restrain a prisoner who is committing an
offence against an Act or a breach of discipline; or
(d) compel any
person who
has been lawfully
ordered to
leave a corrective services facility, and
who refuses to do so, to leave the facility; or
(e) restrain a prisoner who is—
(i) attempting or preparing to harm
himself or herself; or (ii) harming himself
or herself. (2) The corrective services officer may
use the force only if the officer— (a)
reasonably believes the act or omission
permitting the use of force can not be stopped in another
way; and (b) gives a clear warning of the intention
to use force if the act or omission does not stop; and
(c) gives sufficient time for the warning
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 144] (d)
attempts to
use the force
in a way
that is
unlikely to
cause death or grievous bodily harm.
(3) However, the corrective services
officer need not comply with subsection
(2)(b) or (c) if
doing so
would create
a risk of
injury to— (a)
the
officer; or (b) someone other than the person who is
committing the act or omission; or (c)
a
prisoner who is— (i) attempting or preparing to harm
himself or herself; or (ii) harming himself
or herself. (4) The use of force may involve the use
of only the following— (a) a gas
gun; (b) a chemical agent; (c)
riot
control equipment; (d) a restraining device;
(e) a corrective services
dog under the
control of
a corrective services officer.
Division 2 Use of lethal
force 144 Training for use of lethal
force The chief executive
must ensure
that a
corrective services
officer authorised to use lethal force has
been trained to use lethal force and other forms of force in a
way that causes the least possible risk of injury to anyone
other than the person against whom lethal force is
directed. Page 118 Current as at
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 145] 145
Issue, handling and storage of
weapons (1) The chief
executive may
authorise an
appropriately trained
corrective services
officer to
be issued with,
carry, use
and store weapons if it is reasonably
necessary for the officer to carry,
use and store
the weapons to
perform functions
or exercise powers under this Act.
(2) The authority may be issued subject to
conditions. 146 Use of lethal force
(1) A corrective services officer may use
the lethal force that is reasonably necessary—
(a) to stop a prisoner from escaping or
attempting to escape from secure custody, if the officer
reasonably believes the prisoner is likely to cause grievous
bodily harm to, or the death of, someone other than the
prisoner in the escape or attempted escape; or
(b) to stop a person from helping, or
attempting to help, a prisoner to
escape from
secure custody,
if the officer
reasonably believes
the person is
likely to
cause grievous bodily
harm to, or the death of, someone other than the person
or prisoner while helping or attempting to help the
prisoner escape; or (c) to stop
a prisoner from
assaulting or
attempting to
assault another person, if the officer
reasonably believes the prisoner is likely to cause grievous
bodily harm to, or the death of, the other person; or
(d) in an immediate response to a prisoner
who has escaped from secure custody, if the officer
reasonably believes the prisoner is likely to cause grievous
bodily harm to, or the death of, someone other than the
prisoner in the course of the immediate response.
(2) However, lethal
force must
not be used
if there is
a foreseeable risk that the use of
lethal force will cause grievous bodily harm to,
or the death of, someone other than the person against whom the
lethal force may otherwise be directed. Current as at
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Chapter 3 Breaches of discipline and
offences [s 147] (3)
The
use of lethal force may involve, but is not limited to, the
use
of— (a) weapons, including firearms; or
(b) a corrective services
dog under the
control of
a corrective services officer.
Not authorised —indicative
only 147 Requirements for
use of lethal force (1) A corrective services officer may use
lethal force only if the officer— (a)
reasonably believes the act or omission
permitting the use of lethal force can not be stopped in
another way; and (b) gives a clear
warning of the intention to use lethal force if the act or
omission does not stop; and (c)
gives sufficient time for the warning to be
observed; and (d) attempts to use the force in a way
that causes the least injury to anyone. (2)
However, the corrective services officer
need not comply with subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) if doing
so would create a risk of injury to— (a)
the
officer; or (b) someone other than the person against
whom the lethal force is directed. 148
Reporting use of lethal force
(1) The chief executive must keep a record
detailing any incident in which— (a)
lethal force is used; or (b)
anyone discharges a firearm, other than for
training. (2) The chief executive must immediately
advise the Minister of an incident mentioned in subsection
(1). Page 120 Current as at
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Services Act 2006 Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 149] Corrective
services facilities Not
authorised —indicative only
Part
1 Establishing corrective services
facilities 149 Prisons (1)
A
regulation may— (a) declare a place to be a prison;
and (b) assign a name to a prison.
(2) In this section— place
includes premises and part of
premises. 150 Prison amenities When
establishing a
new prison, the
chief executive
must ensure
appropriate provision is made in the prison for each of
the
following— (a) a meeting place for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander prisoners that— (i)
promotes communication; and
(ii) endorses
the prisoners’ indigenous cultural
heritage; (b)
for a prison
accommodating female
prisoners— accommodation
units that allow the prisoners to care for young
children; (c) areas suitable for children visiting
their parents; (d) facilities for
prisoners who
are experiencing psychological
crises; (e) the accommodation and
access requirements of
older prisoners and
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 151] (f)
videoconferencing technology—
(i) to help
prisoners maintain
relationships with
family members who would otherwise be
required to travel long distances to the prison;
and (ii) for
the appearance of
prisoners before
courts, tribunals or the
parole board. 151 Other corrective services
facilities (1) The Minister may, by gazette
notice— (a) declare a place to be—
(i) a community corrections centre;
or (ii) a work camp;
and (b) assign a name to— (i)
a
community corrections centre; or (ii)
a
work camp. (2) In this section— place
includes the following— (a)
premises; (b)
part
of premises; (c) a vehicle. Part 2
Visiting corrective services
facilities Division 1
General 152
Warnings to visitors (1)
The chief executive
must ensure
a sign is
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 153] that
lethal force may
be used against a
visitor if
the visitor helps, or
attempts to help, a prisoner to escape. (2)
The
chief executive may erect a sign at the entrance to each
corrective services facility warning
visitors— (a) of the things that are prohibited
things under this Act; and (b)
the consequences for
a visitor if
the visitor brings,
or attempts to bring, a prohibited thing
into the facility. 153 Prisoner’s entitlement to
visits (1) A prisoner is only entitled to receive
a visit from— (a) a personal visitor once a week;
and (b) a legal visitor. (2)
The
chief executive may allow the prisoner to receive extra
visits, including, for example—
(a) for a
prisoner who
was the primary
care giver
of a child—a visit
from the child to maintain the relationship with the child;
or (b) a visit
from a
relevant elder
or respected person
to ensure appropriate levels
of cultural interaction and
support. (3)
The chief executive
may allow a
prisoner to
visit another
prisoner in another corrective services
facility, subject to any conditions the
chief executive
reasonably considers
appropriate. (4)
The
chief executive may allow more than 1 personal visitor to
visit a prisoner at the same time, if it is
within the operational limits of the corrective services
facility. 154 Contact during personal visit
(1) A personal visit must be a non-contact
visit, unless the chief executive approves that the visit be a
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facilities [s 155] (2)
In
deciding whether to give the approval, the chief executive
must
consider the following— (a) the
requirements of
any court order
relating to
the prisoner; (b)
whether the
prisoner has
previously escaped
or attempted to escape from
custody; (c) whether the prisoner has previously
given a positive test sample; (d)
information about the prisoner or visitor
that indicates a risk to
the security or
good order
of the corrective services
facility. (3) During a contact visit, a personal
visitor must not— (a) engage in sexual activity with a
prisoner; or (b) behave in
a disorderly, indecent,
offensive, riotous
or violent manner. (4)
If a
personal visitor fails to comply with subsection (3), the
personal visitor
may be directed
to leave the
corrective services
facility. Division 2 Procedure for
visits 155 Access approval required for
particular visitors (1) Before visiting a corrective services
facility for the first time, a
visitor, other
than a
prescribed person,
must apply
for approval to access the facility
( access approval ).
(2) The application must
be made in
the approved form
to the chief
executive. (3) In this section— prescribed
person means— (a)
an
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 156] (c)
an
emergency services officer; or (d)
an employee of
the department in
which the
Child Protection Act
1999 is administered; or (e)
an
officer or employee of a law enforcement agency; or
(f) a staff member. Not
authorised —indicative only
156 Deciding application for access
approval (1) The chief executive may grant an
access approval if satisfied the
visitor seeking
the approval does
not pose a
risk to
the security or good order of the
corrective services facility. Note—
See section 334 for
provisions about
obtaining a
relevant person’s
criminal history. (2)
In
deciding whether a visitor poses a risk to the security or
good
order of a corrective services facility, the chief executive
must
consider each of the following— (a)
whether the visitor has, as an adult, been
convicted of escaping, or attempting to escape, from
lawful custody in Queensland or elsewhere;
(b) whether the
visitor has
been convicted
of helping, or
attempting to
help, a
prisoner to
escape from
lawful custody in
Queensland or elsewhere; (c) whether the
visitor has been convicted of committing, or attempting to
commit, an
offence while
visiting a
prisoner in lawful custody in Queensland or
elsewhere; (d) whether the visitor has been refused
access to, or been suspended from entering, a corrective
services facility. (3) Subsection (2) does
not apply to
an Australian legal
practitioner as defined under the
Legal Profession Act 2007
, section 6. (4)
Subsection (2) does not limit the matters
the chief executive may consider in deciding whether a visitor
poses a risk to the security or good order of a corrective
services facility. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 156] (5)
The
chief executive may— (a) impose
conditions on an access approval; and (b)
for
a legal visitor or religious visitor—grant the visitor
an
access approval for all corrective services facilities.
(6) If the chief executive refuses to
grant an access approval for a visitor, the
chief executive may order that the visitor is also
refused access to— (a)
another corrective services
facility in
stated circumstances;
or Example— A
person may
be refused access
to any corrective services
facility in which a former accomplice of the
person is being detained. (b)
all
corrective services facilities. (7)
Also, if the chief executive refuses to
grant an access approval for a visitor, the chief executive may
order that the visitor can not make a further application for an
access approval until the end of
a stated period,
of not more
than 1
year, after
the refusal. (8)
In deciding whether
to make an
order under
subsection (7), the chief
executive must consider— (a) the
effect of
the proposed order
on a child
for whom approval has
been given to accompany the visitor to visit the prisoner;
and (b) whether the child may, unaccompanied
by an adult, visit the prisoner. (9)
A
visitor who is refused an access approval may, in writing,
ask
the chief executive to reconsider the decision. (10)
The chief executive
must reconsider the
decision and
may confirm, amend or cancel the
decision. (11) The chief
executive must advise the visitor of the reconsidered
decision. Page 126
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 156A] 156A
Interim access approval for personal
visitor (1) This section applies if—
(a) a personal
visitor of
a prisoner applies
for an access
approval for
a corrective services
facility under
section 155; and (b)
the
chief executive has not decided the application under
section 156. (2)
The
chief executive may grant the personal visitor approval to
access the
corrective services
facility on
an interim basis
( interim access
approval )
until the
chief executive
has decided the
application under
section 156, if
the chief executive is
satisfied it is appropriate in the circumstances.
(3) A personal visit under the interim
access approval must be a non-contact visit, unless it is
impracticable having regard to the facilities
at the corrective services facility. (4)
The chief executive
may impose conditions on
the interim access
approval. (5) The interim
access approval
has effect until
the chief executive
decides the application under section 156. (6)
While the interim access approval has
effect, it is taken to be an access approval.
156B Urgent access approval for commercial
visitor (1) This section applies if—
(a) work by
a tradesperson or
technician (a
relevant commercial visitor
) is required
to be carried
out urgently at a corrective services
facility; and (b) a relevant commercial visitor who has
been granted an access approval for the corrective services
facility is not available to carry out the work; and
(c) a relevant
commercial visitor
applies for
an access approval
for the corrective services
facility under
section 155 for the purpose of carrying out
the work. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 4 Corrective services
facilities [s 157] (2)
If the chief
executive is
satisfied the
relevant commercial visitor
mentioned in
subsection (1)(c) does
not pose an
immediate risk to the security or good order
of the corrective services facility,
the chief executive
may grant the
relevant commercial
visitor approval to access the facility for carrying
out
the work ( urgent access approval ).
(3) In deciding whether the relevant
commercial visitor poses an immediate risk
to the security or good order of the corrective services
facility, the
chief executive
need not
consider the
matters mentioned in section 156(2).
(4) The chief
executive may
impose conditions on
the urgent access
approval. (5) The urgent access approval has effect
for only a single visit to the corrective services
facility. (6) While the urgent access approval has
effect, it is taken to be an access
approval. 157 Suspending access approval
(1) The chief executive may suspend a
visitor’s access approval for a corrective services facility if
the visitor— (a) fails to comply with a lawful and
reasonable direction of the chief executive or a corrective
services officer; or (b) fails to comply
with a condition of the approval; or (c)
is
charged with an offence; or (d)
engages in threatening behaviour towards a
prisoner or another visitor at the facility.
(1A) Also,
the chief executive
may suspend a
visitor’s access
approval for a corrective services facility
if the chief executive reasonably believes
the suspension is
necessary to
preserve the security or
good order of the corrective services facility. (2)
The
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if the visitor
is charged with
an offence allegedly
committed in
a corrective services
facility—until the
end
of the proceedings for the offence. (3)
In
deciding whether to suspend the access approval, the chief
executive must consider— (a)
the effect of
the proposed suspension on
a child for
whom
approval has been given to accompany the visitor
to
visit the prisoner; and (b) whether the
child may, unaccompanied by an adult, visit the
prisoner. (4) If the chief executive suspends the
access approval for 1 year under subsection
(2)(a), the chief executive
must ensure
a written record is made stating the
reasons for the decision. (5) If the chief
executive suspends the access approval, the chief
executive may
order that,
during the
suspension period,
the visitor is refused access to—
(a) another corrective services
facility in
stated circumstances;
or Example— Because
of disorderly behaviour, the
wife of
a prisoner is
suspended from visiting the corrective
services facility where her husband is, and any corrective
services facility to which he is transferred,
during the period of the suspension. (b)
all
corrective services facilities. (6)
If
the chief executive suspends the access approval, the
visitor may, in
writing, ask
the chief executive
to reconsider the
decision. (7)
The chief executive
must reconsider the
decision and
may confirm, amend or cancel the
decision. (8) The chief executive must advise the
visitor of the reconsidered decision.
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Amending or revoking access approval
(1) The chief executive may amend or
revoke a visitor’s access approval for a corrective services
facility if the chief executive is
satisfied that,
because of
a change in
the visitor’s circumstances,
the visitor poses a risk to the security or good
order of the corrective services
facility. (2) In deciding whether to amend or revoke
the access approval, the chief executive must
consider— (a) the effect of the proposed amendment
or revocation on a child for whom approval has been given to
accompany the visitor to visit the prisoner;
and (b) whether the child may, unaccompanied
by an adult, visit the prisoner. (3)
If
the chief executive revokes the access approval, the chief
executive must
ensure a
written record
is made stating
the reasons for the decision.
(4) If the chief executive amends or
revokes the access approval, the
visitor may,
in writing, ask
the chief executive
to reconsider the decision.
(5) The chief
executive must
reconsider the
decision and
may confirm or cancel the decision.
(6) The chief executive must advise the
visitor of the reconsidered decision.
(7) In this section— amend
, a
visitor’s access approval, means amend a condition
of
the access approval or impose a condition on it.
158 Monitoring personal visit
The
chief executive may— (a) make and keep an
audiovisual or visual recording of a personal visit;
and (b) monitor a personal visit.
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Search of visitor (1)
The chief executive
may require an
accredited visitor
to submit to
a scanning search
before entering
a corrective services
facility. (2) The chief executive may require any
other visitor to submit to a general
search or
scanning search
before entering
a corrective services facility.
(3) If a visitor mentioned in subsection
(2) does not submit to a general search
when required
to do so,
the chief executive
may
revoke— (a) for a personal visitor—
(i) the visitor’s access approval;
or (ii) the visitor’s
approval for the visit to be a contact visit; or
(b) for another visitor—the visitor’s
access approval. (4) In this section— visitor
does
not include a staff member. Note—
See
section 173 for searching a staff member. 160
Identification of visitor
(1) The chief executive must require each
visitor to a corrective services facility
to prove the
visitor’s identity
in the way
prescribed under
a regulation when
entering the
corrective services
facility. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), if
the visitor is an adult and the corrective
services facility has a biometric identification
system installed, the
visitor must
submit to
the biometric identification
system procedures for the facility. (3)
The
visitor must display the visitor’s pass given to the visitor
while in the corrective services
facility. (4) The visitor must sign the visitors
book, unless the visitor is a staff member who
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If
the visitor is a child, it is sufficient for subsection (4) if
an adult accompanying the child signs the
visitors book for the child. 161
Visitor may be directed to leave corrective
services facility (1)
This
section applies if a visitor fails to comply with—
(a) a requirement given
under section
159(1) or (2) or
160(1); or (b)
section 160(2), (3) or (4), or
163(2). (2) The visitor may be directed
to
leave the corrective services facility.
(3) If the visitor fails to leave the
corrective services facility, a corrective services
officer may,
using reasonably necessary
force, remove the visitor from the
facility. (4) Subsection (3) applies
whether or
not the visitor
is charged with an offence
against section 163(2). 162 Proof of
identity (1) The chief
executive may
keep a
visitor’s biometric
information given to a corrective services
facility as proof of the visitor’s identity, and any data
about the visitor’s biometric information
stored in a biometric identification system. (2)
The chief executive
must destroy
the visitor’s biometric
information, and
any data about
the biometric information stored
in a biometric
identification system,
if the chief
executive is satisfied it is no longer
required. 163 Direction to visitor
(1) A corrective services officer may give
a visitor a direction the officer reasonably considers necessary
for the security or good order of the corrective services
facility or a person’s safety. Page 132
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The
visitor must comply with the direction, unless the visitor
has
a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty for subsection (2)—40
penalty units. Division 3 Further
provisions about particular visitors
164 Accredited or government
visitor (1) An accredited visitor
or government visitor
may visit a
prisoner, or access any part of a corrective
services facility, for performing the
functions or
exercising the
powers of
the visitor’s office or position.
(2) In this section— government visitor
means a
person, other
than a
staff member, who is
an employee of a department. 165
Casual site visitor (1)
A
casual site visitor may only access the following external
areas of a corrective services
facility— (a) visitors’ carparks;
(b) roadways; (c)
waiting areas. (2)
In
this section— casual site visitor includes the
following— (a) a bus or taxi driver;
(b) a person
transporting a
visitor or
staff member
to or from a
corrective services facility; (c)
a
person collecting a discharged or released prisoner, or
a
prisoner’s property, from a corrective services facility.
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Children (1)
A
child, whether accompanied or unaccompanied by an adult,
may
visit a prisoner if the chief executive considers it is in
the child’s best interests, even if the child
was the complainant in the offence leading to the prisoner’s
imprisonment. (2) The child need not be related to the
prisoner but must be a personal visitor of the
prisoner. (3) In deciding whether it is in the best
interests of a child in care to visit a
prisoner, the chief executive must consult with the
child protection chief executive.
167 Law enforcement visitor
(1) This section
applies if
an employee or
officer of
a law enforcement agency
(the law
enforcement visitor
) wants to
visit a prisoner. (2)
The
prisoner may— (a) refuse to see the law enforcement
visitor; or (b) agree to see the law enforcement
visitor, but refuse to answer any of the law enforcement
visitor’s questions. (3) The law
enforcement visitor must be allowed to interview the
prisoner out
of the hearing,
but not out
of the sight,
of a corrective
services officer. 168 Personal visitor A personal
visitor must arrange the time and length of the visit
with
the chief executive. 169 Professional visitor
(1) A professional visitor may
only— (a) visit the prisoner the subject of the
professional visitor’s access approval; or
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access the part of the corrective services
facility allowed under the professional visitor’s access
approval. (2) The visit
or access must
be carried out
during the
time approved by the
chief executive. (3) A prisoner’s legal
visitor must
be allowed to
interview the
prisoner out
of the hearing,
but not out
of the sight,
of a corrective
services officer. (4) In this section— professional visitor
means a
person who
provides a
professional service to a prisoner.
Examples— •
a
legal visitor • a doctor, psychologist or other health
practitioner • a teacher or tutor •
a
program facilitator • a religious visitor
170 Commercial visitor (1)
A
commercial visitor to a corrective services facility may
only access the part of the facility allowed
under the commercial visitor’s access approval.
(2) The access must be carried out on the
day and during the time approved by the chief
executive. (3) In this section— commercial visitor
means a
person who
visits a
corrective services
facility for
the purpose of
engaging in
trade or
commerce. Examples—
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Other
visitors (1) A visitor to a corrective services
facility who is not mentioned in sections 164
to 170 may only— (a) visit the
prisoner the
subject of
the visitor’s access
approval; or (b)
access the part of the facility allowed
under the visitor’s access approval. Examples of a
visitor not mentioned in sections 164 to 170— •
a
volunteer • a research student •
a representative of
a corrective services
agency of
another jurisdiction (2)
The
visit or access must be carried out on the day and during
the
time approved by the chief executive. Part 3
Staff members 172
Staff
member interacting with prisoner, etc. A staff member
at a corrective services facility may, to the
extent necessary for carrying out the staff
member’s duties— (a) interact with any prisoner at the
facility; and (b) access any part of the
facility. 173 Search of staff member
(1) The chief executive may require a
staff member at a corrective services
facility to
submit to
a general search
or scanning search before
entering the facility. (2) If the staff
member does not submit to a general search when required to do
so, the chief executive may direct the person to
leave the corrective services
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Searching corrective services
facilities and vehicles 174
Power
to search corrective services facility (1)
The chief executive
may conduct a
search of
a corrective services
facility other than prisoner facilities. Note—
See
section 33 for power to search a prisoner’s room.
(2) The chief executive may direct a
corrective services officer to be present
during the search. 175 Power to search vehicle
The chief executive
may conduct a
search of
a vehicle, including, for
example, a delivery vehicle, before it enters or
leaves a corrective services
facility. Chapter 5 Parole
Part
1 Parole orders Division 1
Application for parole order
Subdivision 1 Exceptional
circumstances parole order 176
Applying for an exceptional circumstances
parole order (1) A prisoner may apply for an
exceptional circumstances parole order at any
time. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(2) The application must be made—
(a) in the approved form; and
(b) to the parole board.
177 When exceptional circumstances parole
order may start An exceptional circumstances parole order
may start at any time. Subdivision
2 Other parole order 178
Definitions for sdiv 2 In this
subdivision— parole order means a parole
order other than— (a) an exceptional circumstances parole
order; and (b) a court ordered parole order.
prescribed offence see the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
, section 161N. relevant
further period
, in relation
to a prisoner
serving a
term of
imprisonment imposed
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section
161R(2), means the period of the mandatory
component of
the sentence imposed
on the prisoner under
that section. 179 Application of sdiv 2
(1) This subdivision applies to the
following prisoners— (a) a
prisoner who
has been sentenced
before the
commencement of this section (the
commencement )—
(i) for an offence committed before 1 July
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(ii) for an offence
committed on or after 1 July 2001— to a period of
imprisonment of more than 2 years; (b)
a prisoner who
has been sentenced
after the
commencement for an offence, whenever
committed— (i) to a period of imprisonment of more
than 3 years; or (ii) to
a period of
imprisonment of
not more than
3 years, if
the period includes
a term of
imprisonment for
a serious violent
offence or
a sexual offence; (c)
a prisoner the
subject of
a court ordered
parole order
that
has been cancelled under this Act. (2)
This
subdivision does not apply to— (a)
a
prisoner— (i) being detained on remand for an
offence; or (ii) imprisoned for
an indefinite period for contempt; or
(iii) subject
to an indefinite sentence
under the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
part 10; or (b) a prisoner
who has not
reached the
prisoner’s parole
eligibility date; or (c)
a prisoner who
is detained in
custody under
an order under the
Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders)
Act 2003 .
180 Applying for parole order etc.
(1) A prisoner may apply for a parole
order if the prisoner has reached the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date in relation to the prisoner’s
period of imprisonment. (2) However, a
prisoner can not apply for a parole order— (a)
if a previous
application for
a parole order
made in
relation to the period of imprisonment was
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(i) until the end of the period decided
under section 193(5)(b); or (ii)
unless the parole board consents; or
(b) if an
appeal has
been made
to a court
against the
conviction or
sentence to
which the
period of
imprisonment relates—until the appeal is
decided; or (c) otherwise—more than
180 days before
the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date. (3) The application must be made—
(a) in the approved form; and
(b) to the parole board.
(4) A parole
order for
a prisoner may
start on
or after the
prisoner’s parole eligibility date.
181 Parole eligibility date for prisoner
serving term of imprisonment for life (1)
This section
applies to
a prisoner who
is serving a
term of
imprisonment for life. (2)
The
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day
on which the
prisoner has
served the
following period
of time— (a)
if the Criminal
Code, section
305(2) applied on
sentence—30 years
or the longer
time ordered
under that
section; (b) if the
Criminal Code,
section 305(4) applied
on sentence—25 years
or the longer
time ordered
under that
section; (c) if the prisoner is serving a term of
imprisonment for life for an offence of murder and
paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply—20 years;
(d) otherwise—15 years.
(2A) However, if the
term of imprisonment for life was imposed as the
base component
of a sentence
under the
Penalties and
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Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2),
the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date is the day that is worked
out by adding 7 years to the parole eligibility date that
would otherwise apply to the prisoner under
subsection (2). (2B) Also, if a
prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment for
life
is sentenced under the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161R(2) for a prescribed
offence, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date
is the day that is worked out by adding, to the parole
eligibility date
that would
otherwise apply
to the prisoner
under subsection (2)
or (2A), the
lesser of
the following periods— (a)
7
years; (b) the period
of imprisonment provided
for under the
maximum penalty for the prescribed
offence. (3) Despite subsections (2),
(2A) and
(2B), if
a later parole
eligibility date is fixed for the period of
imprisonment under the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , part 9, division 3, the
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the
later date fixed under that division. 181A
Parole eligibility date for prisoner serving
term of imprisonment for life for a repeat serious
child sex offence (1)
This section
applies to
a prisoner who
is serving a
term of
imprisonment for life under the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161E
for a repeat serious child sex offence. (2)
The
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day
on
which the prisoner has served 20 years and not 15 years as
prescribed under section 181.
(3) However, if
the term of
imprisonment for
life under
the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161E was imposed
as
the base component of a sentence under section 161R(2) of
that
Act, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day that
is worked out by adding 7 years to the parole
eligibility date that would otherwise apply to the prisoner
under subsection (2). Current as at [Not applicable]
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(4) Also, if a prisoner who is serving a
term of imprisonment for life under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 161E is
sentenced under
section 161R(2)
of that Act
for a prescribed
offence, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the
day
that is worked out by adding, to the parole eligibility date
that
would otherwise apply to the prisoner under subsection
(2)
or (3), the lesser of the following periods— (a)
7
years; (b) the period
of imprisonment provided
for under the
maximum penalty for the prescribed
offence. 182 Parole eligibility date for serious
violent offender (1) This section
applies to
a prisoner who
is serving a
term of
imprisonment for a serious violent
offence. (2) The prisoner’s parole eligibility date
is the day after the day on which the prisoner has served the
lesser of— (a) 80% of
the prisoner’s term
of imprisonment for
the serious violent offence; or
(b) 15 years. (2A)
However, if the term of imprisonment for the
serious violent offence was imposed under the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section
161R(2), the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is
the day that
is worked out
by adding the
relevant further
period to
the notional parole
eligibility date
fixed for
the prisoner under subsection (2B).
(2B) The notional
parole eligibility date is the day that would apply
under subsection (2) if the term of
imprisonment imposed on the prisoner
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2) consisted only of the base
component of the sentence imposed under that section.
(3) Despite subsections (2) and (2A), if a
later parole eligibility date is
fixed for
the period of
imprisonment under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 9,
division 3,
the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is
the later date fixed under that division. Page 142
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182A Parole eligibility date for prisoner
serving term of imprisonment for other particular serious
offences (1) This section applies to a prisoner
who— (a) is serving a term of imprisonment for
a drug trafficking offence; and (b)
was
sentenced for the offence under the Drugs
Misuse Act 1986 ,
section 5(2)
as in force
before the
commencement of
the Serious and
Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act 2016
,
section 164. (2) Also, this section applies to a
prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment,
other than a term of imprisonment for life, for an offence
against the Criminal Code, section 314A. (3)
The
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day
on
which the prisoner has served— (a)
if
the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment for a
drug
trafficking offence—80% of the term; or (b)
if
the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment for an
offence against
the Criminal Code,
section 314A—the lesser of the
following— (i) 80% of the term; (ii)
15
years. (3A) However, if the
term of imprisonment for the offence against the
Criminal Code,
section 314A
was imposed under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2),
the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is
the day that is worked out by adding
the relevant further
period to
the notional parole
eligibility date fixed for the prisoner
under subsection (3B). (3B) The notional
parole eligibility date is the day that would apply
under subsection (3) if the term of
imprisonment imposed on the prisoner
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2) consisted only of the base
component of the sentence imposed under that section.
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(4) Despite subsections (3) and (3A), if a
later parole eligibility date is
fixed for
the period of
imprisonment under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 9,
division 3,
the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is
the later date fixed under that division. (5)
This
section is subject to section 185. 183
Parole eligibility date for prisoner
detained for a period directed by a judge under Criminal Law
Amendment Act 1945, pt 3 (1)
This
section applies to a prisoner who is being detained, for an
offence, in an institution for a period as
directed by a judge under the Criminal Law
Amendment Act 1945 , part 3. (2)
The
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day
on which the
prisoner has
been detained
for half the
fixed period.
(2A) However,
subsection (2B) applies if— (a)
the
offence for which the prisoner is being detained is a
prescribed offence committed with the
circumstance of aggravation stated
in the Penalties
and Sentences Act
1992 , section 161Q;
and (b) the prisoner
has been sentenced
for the offence
under section 161R(2)
of that Act. (2B) The prisoner’s
parole eligibility date is the day that is worked
out by adding
the relevant further
period to
the parole eligibility date
that would
otherwise apply
to the prisoner
under subsection (2). (3)
Despite subsections (2) and (2B), if a later
parole eligibility date is
fixed for
the prisoner under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , part 9,
division 3, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date
is the later date fixed under that division. (4)
This
section is subject to section 185. Page 144
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184 Parole eligibility date for other
prisoners (1) This section applies to a prisoner
who— (a) has been sentenced for an
offence— (i) before the
commencement—to a
period of
imprisonment of
more than
2 years or,
if the offence
was committed before
1 July 2001,
to a period of
imprisonment of any length; or (ii)
after the
commencement—to a
period of
imprisonment of more than 3 years (excluding
the mandatory component
of any sentence
of imprisonment imposed
on the prisoner
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2));
or (b) is serving a period of imprisonment of
not more than 3 years for
an offence (excluding the
mandatory component of any
sentence of imprisonment imposed on the prisoner
under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
, section 161R(2)),
if the period
includes a
term of
imprisonment for a sexual offence; or
(c) is serving a period of imprisonment
ordered to be served under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 147(1)(b) or (c); or
(d) was the subject of a court ordered
parole order that has been cancelled under this Act.
(2) The prisoner’s parole eligibility date
is the day after the day on which
the prisoner has
served half
the period of
imprisonment to
which the
prisoner has
been sentenced, despite any
grant of remission. (3) However— (a)
if
an earlier or later parole eligibility date is fixed for the
prisoner under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part
9, division 3, the prisoner’s parole eligibility date is
the
date fixed under that division; or (b)
if paragraph (a)
does not
apply and
the prisoner is
a prisoner mentioned
in subsection (1)(d), the
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parole eligibility date is the date that was
fixed for the prisoner’s release under that parole
order. (3A) Despite
subsections (2)
and (3)(a), if
the prisoner has
been sentenced for
the offence under the Penalties and Sentences
Act 1992 ,
section 161R(2),
the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date
is the day
that is
worked out
by adding the
relevant further period
to the notional parole eligibility date fixed for
the
prisoner under subsection (3B). (3B)
The
notional parole eligibility date is the day that would apply
under subsection (2)
or (3)(a) if
the term of
imprisonment imposed
on the prisoner
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2)
consisted only
of the base
component of the sentence imposed under that
section. (4) This section is subject to section
185. (5) In this section— commencement means the
commencement of this section. offence
, in relation
to a prisoner,
does not
include the
following offences— (a)
an
offence for which the prisoner has been sentenced to
life
imprisonment; (b) a serious violent offence;
(c) an offence for which the prisoner is
being detained in an institution for
a period fixed
by a judge
under the
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945
,
part 3; (d) an offence to which section 182A
applies. 185 Parole eligibility date for prisoner
serving terms of imprisonment in particular
circumstances (1) This section applies if, apart from
this section, more than 1 of sections 182,
182A, 183 and 184 would apply to a prisoner. (2)
If
the imprisonment mentioned in the sections is to be served
concurrently, the
prisoner’s parole
eligibility date
for the prisoner’s
period of imprisonment is the day after the day on
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which the
prisoner has
served the
longer of
the periods calculated under
the sections. Example— A prisoner is
serving a term of 8 years imprisonment for a serious
violent offence concurrently with a term of
5 years imprisonment for an offence
that is
not a serious
violent offence.
The prisoner’s parole
eligibility date is the day after the day on
which the prisoner has served the period of
6.4 years (being the period that is 80% of 8 years, and
being longer than the period that is
one-half of 5 years). (3) If any of the
imprisonment mentioned in the sections is to be served
cumulatively with imprisonment mentioned in another
of the sections,
the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date
for the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment is
the date mentioned
in subsection (4) calculated after
applying the following rules— Rule 1—
Consider first each term of imprisonment
( concurrent term )
that
is not cumulative on another term of imprisonment and
calculate the period the prisoner must serve
for the concurrent term by
applying whichever
of sections 182, 182A,
183 or 184 apply. For
these rules, the prisoner’s notional parole
date is the day
the period, or
the longest of
the periods, so
calculated ends. Rule 2—
Next, consider each term of imprisonment
( cumulative term )
that is
cumulative on
another term
of imprisonment and
calculate the
period the
prisoner must
serve for
each cumulative term
by applying whichever
of sections 182, 182A, 183 or 184
apply. Rule 3— Next, add the
period the prisoner must serve for a cumulative term
to the period
the prisoner must
serve for
the term of
imprisonment the
cumulative term
is cumulative on
(the additional
eligibility period ). (4) The prisoner’s
parole eligibility date for the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment is
the day after
the later of
the following dates—
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• the notional parole date
• the latest date the additional
eligibility periods end. Example— A prisoner is
serving a period of 13 years imprisonment, comprising a
term
of 8 years imprisonment for a serious violent offence and a term
of 5 years imprisonment for an offence that is
not a serious violent offence which
was ordered to
be served cumulatively with
the term of
imprisonment for
the serious violent
offence. Applying
rule 1,
the prisoner’s notional parole date is the
day after the period of 6.4 years the prisoner
must serve before reaching the prisoner’s parole eligibility
date
for the serious violent offence under section 182. Rule 2 is
then applied. The
period the
prisoner must
serve before
reaching the
prisoner’s parole eligibility date for the
second offence is 2.5 years under section
184. Rule 3 requires the periods of 6.4 years and 2.5
years to
be added together.
In this example,
the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date is the day after the day on
which the prisoner has served the period of
8.9 years. (5) In this section— period
of imprisonment ,
a prisoner must
serve, means
a period of
imprisonment the
prisoner must
serve before
reaching the prisoner’s parole eligibility
date for the prisoner’s period of imprisonment.
185A Parole eligibility date for particular
prisoners granted exceptional circumstances parole
(1) This section applies to a prisoner
if— (a) whether before
or after the
commencement of
this section
(the commencement ), a date for
the prisoner’s release on parole in relation to the
prisoner’s period of imprisonment (the parole release
date ) was or is fixed under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 160B(3); and (b)
on or after
the commencement but
before the
parole release
date, the
prisoner is
granted exceptional circumstances
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(2) For this Act, the prisoner’s parole
release date becomes the prisoner’s parole eligibility date in
relation to the same period of
imprisonment. (3) Any entitlement or expectation the
prisoner had to be released on
parole on
the parole release
date under
a court ordered
parole order is extinguished.
(4) This section does not affect the fact
that a parole release date was fixed for the prisoner’s period of
imprisonment for the purposes of the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 . 185B Parole
eligibility date for prisoner serving term of imprisonment for
an offence against Weapons Act 1990 , s
50,
50B or 65 (1) This section applies if—
(a) a prisoner
is serving a
term of
imprisonment for
an offence against the
Weapons Act 1990 , section 50,
50B or 65; and (b)
a minimum penalty
applies to
the offence under
the following provisions of that
Act— (i) section 50(1), penalty, paragraph (d)
or (e); (ii) section 50B(1),
penalty, paragraph (d) or (e); (iii)
section 65(1), penalty, paragraph (c) or
(d); and (c) apart from this section, the prisoner
would be eligible for parole under this subdivision before the
prisoner has served a
term of
imprisonment that
is the minimum
penalty for the offence. (2)
The
prisoner’s parole eligibility date is the day after the day
on
which the prisoner has served a term of imprisonment that
is
the minimum penalty for the offence. (3)
However, if the term of imprisonment was
imposed under the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
section 161R(2)
for an offence against
the Weapons Act 1990 , section 50B or
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date that
would otherwise
apply to
the prisoner under
subsection (2). Division 2
Hearing and deciding application
for
parole order Subdivision 1 Preliminary 186
Definition for div 2 In this
division— parole order does not include
a court ordered parole order. Subdivision
2 Procedure 188
Submission from eligible person
(1) After receiving
a prisoner’s application for
a parole order
(other than an exceptional circumstances
parole order) under section 180, the
parole board
must give
the chief executive
written notice of the application.
(2) Within 7 days after receiving the
notice, the chief executive must
give each
eligible person
in relation to
the prisoner written notice
of the application. (3) The notice
given to
the eligible person
must be
dated and
advise the person that— (a)
the
prisoner has applied for a parole order; and (b)
the
parole board is about to consider whether the parole
order should be made; and
(c) the person
may, within
21 days after
the date of
the notice, make
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the parole board
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(i) is relevant to the decision about
making the parole order; and (ii)
was
not before the court at the time of sentencing. (4)
The
parole board may have regard to any submissions made to
the
board under subsection (3)(c). 189
Appearing before parole board
(1) A prisoner’s agent may, with the
parole board’s leave, appear before
the board to
make representations in
support of
the prisoner’s application for a parole
order that may be heard and decided by the
board. (2) This section
does not
stop the
parole board
deciding an
application for a parole order if the
prisoner or the prisoner’s agent fails to appear before the
board. (3) In this section— appear
,
before the parole board, means— (a)
appear by using a contemporaneous
communication link between the
board and
the prisoner or
the prisoner’s agent; or
(b) if the
person appearing
is a prisoner
with a
special need—appear
personally. 190 Applying for leave to appear before
parole board (1) An application for
leave to
appear before
the parole board
must
be made in the approved form to the board. (2)
The
secretariat must tell the prisoner of— (a)
the
board’s decision on the application; and (b)
if the board
grants the
leave—the time
and place at
which the prisoner or the prisoner’s agent
may appear before the board. Current as at
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191 When application for parole order
lapses A prisoner’s application for a parole order
lapses if, before the application is
decided, the
prisoner is
sentenced to
another term of
imprisonment. Not authorised —indicative
only 192 Parole board not
bound by sentencing court’s recommendation or parole eligibility
date When deciding
whether to
grant a
parole order,
the parole board is not
bound by the recommendation of the sentencing court or the
parole eligibility date fixed by the court under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 ,
part 9,
division 3
if the board—
(a) receives information about
the prisoner that
was not before the court
at the time of sentencing; and Example—
a
psychologist’s report obtained during the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment (b)
after considering the
information, considers
that the
prisoner is
not suitable for
parole at
the time recommended or
fixed by the court. 193 Decision of parole board
(1) After receiving a prisoner’s
application for a parole order, the parole board
must decide— (a) to grant the application; or
(b) to refuse to grant the
application. (2) However, subject
to subsection (3), the
parole board
may defer making
a decision until
it obtains any
additional information it
considers necessary to make the decision. Note—
See
also section 193C(1). (3) The
parole board
must decide
the application within
the following period after receiving the
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(a) for a decision deferred under
subsection (2)—150 days; (b) otherwise—120
days. Note— See also section
193C(2). (4) The parole
board may
grant the
application even
though a
parole order
for the same
period of
imprisonment was
previously cancelled. (5)
If
the parole board refuses to grant the application, the board
must— (a)
give
the prisoner written reasons for the refusal; and
(b) if the
application is
for a parole
order other
than an
exceptional circumstances parole
order—decide a
period of time within which a further
application for a parole order
(other than
an exceptional circumstances parole order) by
the prisoner must not be made without the board’s
consent. (5A) The period of
time decided under subsection (5)(b) must not be more
than— (a) for a prisoner serving a life
sentence—12 months; or (b) otherwise—6
months. (6) If the parole board refuses to grant
the application because of section 193A,
the written reasons
given under
subsection (5)(a)
must include
a statement that
the parole board
is not satisfied the
prisoner has cooperated as mentioned in section 193A(2).
193A Deciding particular applications where
victim’s body or remains have not been located
(1) This section
applies to
a prisoner’s application for
a parole order if the
prisoner is serving a period of imprisonment for a
homicide offence and— (a)
the
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been
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(b) because of an act or omission of the
prisoner or another person, part of the body or remains of the
victim has not been located. (2)
The
parole board must refuse to grant the application under
section 193
unless the
board is
satisfied the
prisoner has
cooperated satisfactorily in the
investigation of the offence to identify the
victim’s location. (3) For subsection (2), the cooperation
may have happened before or after the prisoner was sentenced to
imprisonment for the offence. (4)
After receiving
the application, the
board must,
by written notice, ask the
commissioner for a report about the prisoner’s cooperation as
mentioned in subsection (2). (5)
In
its request, the parole board must state the day it proposes
to
hear the application (the proposed hearing day
). (6) The commissioner
must comply with the request by giving the parole board, at
least 28 days before the proposed hearing day, a written report
that states whether the prisoner has given any cooperation as
mentioned in
subsection (2)
and, if
so, an evaluation
of— (a) the nature,
extent and
timeliness of
the prisoner’s cooperation;
and (b) the truthfulness, completeness and
reliability of
any information or
evidence provided
by the prisoner
in relation to the victim’s location;
and (c) the significance and
usefulness of
the prisoner’s cooperation. (7)
In deciding whether
the parole board
is satisfied about
the prisoner’s cooperation as
mentioned in
subsection (2),
the board— (a)
must
have regard to— (i) the report
given by
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(ii) any information
the board has about the prisoner’s capacity to give
the cooperation; and (iii) the
transcript of
any proceeding against
the prisoner for
the offence, including
any relevant remarks made by
the sentencing court; and (b) may
have regard
to any other
information the
board considers
relevant. (8) In this section— homicide
offence means any of the following offences—
(a) an offence against any of the
following provisions of the Criminal
Code— (i) section 236(2); (ii)
sections 302 and 305; (iii)
sections 303 and 310; (iv)
section 307; (v)
section 309; (vi)
section 314A; (b)
an
offence of becoming an accessory after the fact to an
offence mentioned in paragraph (a)(i),
(iii), (v) or (vi); (c) an offence of counselling or procuring
the commission of, or conspiring to
commit, an
offence mentioned
in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) for a
prisoner serving
a period of
imprisonment in
Queensland for
an offence against
a law of
another jurisdiction, having
been transferred to
Queensland under the
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act
1982 —an offence against
a law of
another jurisdiction that
substantially corresponds to
an offence mentioned
in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
transcript , of a
proceeding, means a transcription of a record under the
Recording of Evidence Act 1962
of
the proceeding. victim’s location means—
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(a) the location, or the last known
location, of every part of the body or remains of the victim of
the offence; and (b) the place where every part of the body
or remains of the victim of the offence may be found.
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only 193B Deciding
applications for parole orders made by prisoners with
links to terrorism (1) This section applies in relation to a
prisoner’s application for a parole order if— (a)
the prisoner has,
at any time,
been convicted
of a terrorism
offence; or (b) the prisoner is the subject of a
Commonwealth control order; or (c)
the
parole board is satisfied the prisoner has promoted
terrorism; or (d)
a report in
relation to
the prisoner given
by the commissioner under
section 193E
states there
is a reasonable likelihood the
prisoner may
carry out
a terrorist act and any of the following
apply— (i) the prisoner
has been charged
with, but
not convicted of, a terrorism
offence; (ii) the
prisoner has
been the
subject of
a Commonwealth control order;
(iii) the parole board
is satisfied the prisoner is or has been
associated with
a terrorist organisation, or
with
a person who has promoted terrorism. Note—
For
when a person promotes terrorism, see section 247A.
(2) The parole board must refuse to grant
the application under section 193(1)
unless the
board is
satisfied exceptional circumstances
exist to justify granting the application. (3)
In considering whether
exceptional circumstances exist
to justify granting
the application, the
parole board
may have regard to any
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(4) In considering a
matter mentioned
in subsection (1)(c)
or (d)(iii), the parole board may have
regard to— (a) a report
in relation to
the matter given
by the commissioner
under section 193E; and (b) any other
information the board considers relevant. (5)
If
the parole board decides to grant the application, the board
must
give the prisoner written reasons for the decision.
Note— See also section
193(5)(a). (6) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that— (a) this section does not limit or
otherwise affect the power of the
parole board
to refuse the
application under
section 193(1); and (b)
a decision under
subsection (2)
that exceptional circumstances
exist to justify granting the application is not
a decision for
section 194(1)(a)
that exceptional circumstances
exist in relation to the prisoner. 193C
Deferring decision to obtain information
about terrorism links (1)
The
parole board may defer making a decision on a prisoner’s
application for a parole order to obtain
information the board considers necessary
to determine whether
section 193B
applies in relation to the
application. (2) Despite section
193(3), if
the parole board
defers making
a decision under
subsection (1),
the board must
decide the
application within 200 days after receiving
the application. 193D Parole board may ask commissioner for
reports about prisoners’ links to terrorism
The parole board
may, by
written notice
given to
the commissioner, ask the commissioner to
give the board, for use under this division or division 5, a
report in relation to any of the following
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(a) whether a prisoner has, at any time,
been convicted of or charged with a terrorism offence;
(b) whether a
prisoner is
or has been
the subject of
a Commonwealth control order;
(c) any promotion by a prisoner of
terrorism; (d) the likelihood of a prisoner carrying
out a terrorist act; (e) any association
a prisoner has or has had with— (i)
a
terrorist organisation; or (ii) a person who has
promoted terrorism. Note— For when a
person promotes terrorism, see section 247A. 193E
Reports about prisoners’ links to
terrorism (1) The commissioner must
comply with
a request made
under section 193D by
giving the parole board a written report in relation to the
matters the subject of the request. (2)
However, subsection (1) applies only to the
extent information in relation to the matters—
(a) is in the commissioner’s possession;
or (b) can be
accessed by
the commissioner through
an arrangement with— (i)
a
law enforcement agency; or (ii) the
Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation under
the Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation Act
1979 (Cwlth); or (iii) an immigration
and border protection department. (3)
Also, the commissioner is not required to
give information in relation to a matter mentioned in section
193D(c), (d) or (e) if— (a) the information
is information mentioned in the Police Powers and
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to
(e) and the commissioner is satisfied that withholding
the information will
not adversely affect
public safety;
or (b) the commissioner
accessed the information through an arrangement mentioned
in subsection (2)(b)
and the arrangement
prevents the commissioner from disclosing the information
to the parole board. (4) If
the report is
in relation to
a matter mentioned
in section 193D(a),
the information in
the report may
include a
reference to, or a disclosure of, a
conviction mentioned in the Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, section 6.
(5) If the request is in relation to a
prisoner’s application for a parole
order— (a) the notice given under section 193D
must state the day the parole board proposes to hear the
application (the proposed hearing day ); and
(b) the commissioner must
give the
report to
the parole board at least
28 days before the proposed hearing day. (6)
In
this section— immigration and
border protection department means
a Commonwealth department in
which any
of the following
laws
is administered— (a) the Australian Border Force Act 2015
(Cwlth); (b) the Customs
Act 1901 (Cwlth),
other than
parts XVB
and
XVC; (c) the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth).
194 Types of parole orders granted by
parole board (1) The parole board may, by a parole
order— (a) release any prisoner on parole, if the
board is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist
in relation to
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(b) release an eligible prisoner on
parole. (2) If the
prisoner is
to be released
on parole as
mentioned in
subsection (1)(a), the board must note on
the order that it is an exceptional circumstances parole
order. (3) The board must give a copy of the
parole order to the prisoner. (4)
The
prisoner must— (a) keep the
copy of
the parole order
in the prisoner’s possession while
released on parole; and (b) if asked by a
police officer or corrective services officer, produce the copy
for the officer’s inspection. (5)
In
this section— eligible prisoner means a
prisoner, who— (a) may apply for the parole order under
section 180(1); and (b) is eligible for the parole order under
section 181, 181A, 182, 182A, 183, 184, 185 or 185B.
Division 3 Court ordered
parole order 199 Court ordered parole order
(1) The chief executive must issue a court
ordered parole order for a
prisoner in
accordance with
the date fixed
for the prisoner’s
release on parole under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , part 9,
division 3. (2) However, if the prisoner is being
detained on remand for an offence, the
chief executive
can not issue
the court ordered
parole order unless— (a)
the prisoner is
granted bail
in relation to
the offence under the
Bail
Act 1980 ; or (b)
the
charge for the offence is withdrawn. (3)
The chief executive
must give
a copy of
the court ordered
parole order to the prisoner.
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(4) The prisoner must— (a)
keep
the copy of the court ordered parole order in the
prisoner’s possession while released on
parole; and (b) if asked by a police officer or
corrective services officer, produce the copy
for the officer’s inspection. (5)
Subsection (1) does
not apply in
relation to
a prisoner to
whom
section 185A applies. Division 4 Conditions of
parole and directions to prisoners 200
Conditions of parole (1)
A
parole order must include conditions requiring the prisoner
the
subject of the order— (a) to be under the
chief executive’s supervision— (i)
until the
end of the
prisoner’s period
of imprisonment; or (ii)
if
the prisoner is being detained in an institution for
a
period fixed by a judge under the Criminal
Law Amendment Act
1945 ,
part 3—for
the period the
prisoner was directed to be detained;
and (b) to carry out the chief executive’s
lawful instructions; and (c) to give a test
sample if required to do so by the chief executive under
section 41; and (d) to report,
and receive visits,
as directed by
the chief executive;
and (e) to notify
the chief executive
within 48
hours of
any change in the prisoner’s address or
employment during the parole period; and (f)
not
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(2) A parole order may contain a condition
requiring the prisoner to comply with a direction given to
the prisoner under section 200A. (3)
A
parole order granted by the parole board may also contain
conditions the board reasonably considers
necessary— (a) to ensure the prisoner’s good conduct;
or (b) to stop the prisoner committing an
offence. Examples— •
a
condition about the prisoner’s place of residence, employment
or participation in a particular program
• a condition imposing a curfew for the
prisoner • a condition requiring the prisoner to
give a test sample (4) The prisoner must comply with the
conditions included in the parole order. 200A
Directions to prisoners subject to parole
order (1) The purpose of this section is—
(a) to enable the movements of a prisoner
who is subject to a parole order to be restricted; and
(b) to enable the location of the prisoner
to be monitored. (2) A corrective services officer may
direct the prisoner— (a) to remain at a
stated place for stated periods; or (b)
to
wear a stated device; or (c) to permit the
installation of any device or equipment at the place where
the prisoner resides. (3) A corrective
services officer may also give other reasonable directions to
the prisoner that
are necessary for
the proper administration
of a direction under subsection (2). (4)
A
direction under this section must not be inconsistent with a
condition of the prisoner’s parole
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Amending, suspending or cancelling
parole order Subdivision 1 Chief executive
powers 201 Chief executive may amend parole
order (1) The chief executive may, by written
order, amend a prisoner’s parole order
if the chief
executive reasonably believes
the prisoner— (a)
has
failed to comply with the parole order; or (b)
poses a serious and immediate risk of harm
to himself or herself; or (c)
poses an unacceptable risk of committing an
offence. Example of an amendment— the addition of
a condition imposing a curfew for the prisoner (2)
The
written order has effect for the period of not more than 28
days, stated in the order, starting on the
day the order is given to the prisoner. 202
Parole board may cancel amendment
(1) If the
chief executive
makes an
order under
section 201
amending a
parole order,
the chief executive
must give
the secretariat written notice of the
grounds for making the order. (2)
The written notice
must be
given to
the secretariat immediately
after the order is made. (3) The
chief executive
must give
the parole board
any further information
about the amendment requested by the board. (4)
The
parole board may, at any time, cancel the order.
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Subdivision 2 Parole board
powers generally Not authorised —indicative
only 205 Amendment,
suspension or cancellation (1) The
parole board
may, by
written order,
amend a
parole order—
(a) by amending
or removing a
condition imposed
under section 200(3)
if the board reasonably believes— (i)
the condition, as
amended, is
necessary for
a purpose mentioned in the subsection;
or (ii) the condition is
no longer necessary for a purpose mentioned in the
subsection; or (b) by inserting a condition mentioned in
section 200(3) if the board reasonably believes the condition
is necessary for a purpose mentioned in the subsection;
or (c) if the
board reasonably believes
the prisoner poses
a serious risk of harm to himself or
herself. (2) The parole board may, by written
order— (a) amend, suspend
or cancel a
parole order
if the board
reasonably believes
the prisoner subject
to the parole
order— (i)
has
failed to comply with the parole order; or (ii)
poses a serious risk of harm to someone
else; or (iii) poses
an unacceptable risk
of committing an
offence; or (iv)
is
preparing to leave Queensland, other than under a written order
granting the prisoner leave to travel interstate or
overseas; or (b) amend, suspend or cancel a parole
order, other than a court ordered
parole order,
if the board
receives information
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was made, would
have resulted
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(c) amend or suspend a parole order if the
prisoner subject to the parole
order is
charged with
committing an
offence; or (d)
suspend or
cancel a
parole order
if the board
reasonably believes
the prisoner subject
to the parole
order poses a risk of carrying out a
terrorist act. (3) If practicable, the
parole board
must, before
amending a
prisoner’s parole
order, give
the prisoner an
information notice
and a reasonable opportunity to
be heard on
the proposed amendment.
(4) The parole
board is
not required to
give the
prisoner an
information notice or a reasonable
opportunity to be heard if the parole
board suspends
or cancels the
prisoner’s parole
order. (5)
A
written order amending, suspending or cancelling a parole
order has effect from when it is made by the
parole board. (6) In this section— information
notice means a notice— (a)
stating the
parole board
is proposing to
amend the
parole order; and (b)
advising the reason for the proposed action;
and (c) inviting the
prisoner to
show cause,
by written submissions
given to the board within 21 days after the notice
is given, why
the board should
not take the
proposed action. 206
Warrant for prisoner’s arrest
(1) If the
parole board
suspends or
cancels a
prisoner’s parole
order— (a)
the
board may issue a warrant, signed by a member or
the
secretary of the board, for the prisoner’s arrest; or
(b) a magistrate, on the application of
the board or a board member, may issue a warrant for the
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(2) The warrant may be directed to all
police officers. Note— See also
the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 , section 798. (3)
When
arrested, the prisoner must be taken to a prison—
(a) if the
order was
suspended—to be
kept there
for the suspension
period; or (b) if the
order was
cancelled—to serve
the unexpired portion of the
prisoner’s period of imprisonment. 208
Reconsidering decision to suspend or cancel
parole order (1)
If the parole
board makes
a written order
suspending or
cancelling a prisoner’s parole order, the
board must give the prisoner an
information notice
on the prisoner’s return
to prison. (2)
The parole board
must consider
all properly made
submissions and
inform the
prisoner, by
written notice,
whether the board has changed its decision
and, if so, how. (3) If the
board changes
its decision, the
changed decision
has effect. (4)
In
this section— information notice means a
notice— (a) stating the
parole board
has decided to
suspend or
cancel the parole order; and
(b) advising the reason for the decision;
and (c) inviting the
prisoner to
show cause,
by written submissions
given to the board within 21 days after the notice
is given, why
the board should
change its
decision. properly made
submissions means written submissions given
by
or for the prisoner to the parole board within 21 days after
the information notice
inviting the
prisoner to
make the
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Subdivision 2A Requests for
immediate suspension 208A Request for immediate suspension of
parole order (1) This section applies if the chief
executive reasonably believes that a prisoner
the subject of a parole order— (a)
has
failed to comply with the parole order; or (b)
poses a serious and immediate risk of harm
to another person; or (c)
poses an unacceptable risk of committing an
offence; or (d) is preparing to leave the State, other
than under a written order granting the prisoner leave to
travel interstate or overseas; or (e)
poses a risk of carrying out a terrorist
act. (2) The chief
executive may,
by written notice
given to
the secretariat, ask the parole board
to— (a) suspend the parole order; and
(b) issue a warrant for the prisoner’s
arrest. (3) The notice
must state
the grounds on
which the
request is
made. 208B
Parole board or prescribed board member may
suspend parole order and issue warrant
(1) If a request is made under section
208A, the parole board or a prescribed board
member must, as a matter of urgency— (a)
consider the request; and
(b) decide whether or not to suspend the
parole order. (2) The parole board or prescribed board
member may decide to suspend the parole order only if the
parole board or member reasonably believes the
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(b) poses a serious and immediate risk of
harm to another person; or (c)
poses an unacceptable risk of committing an
offence; or (d) is preparing to leave the State, other
than under a written order granting the prisoner leave to
travel interstate or overseas; or (e)
poses a risk of carrying out a terrorist
act. (3) If the parole board considers the
request, the decision whether or not to
suspend the parole order is taken to have been made
under section 205(2). (4)
If
the parole board or prescribed board member decides not to
suspend the parole order, the parole board
or member must give the chief executive written notice of
the decision. (5) If the prescribed board member decides
to suspend the parole order, the member may—
(a) by written order, suspend the parole
order; and (b) issue a warrant, signed by the member
or an officer of the secretariat prescribed by
regulation, for
the prisoner’s arrest. (6)
The
order has effect from when it is made. (7)
The
warrant may be directed to all police officers. (8)
When
arrested, the prisoner must be taken to a prison to be
kept
there until the suspension ends. 208C
Parole board must consider suspension by
prescribed board member (1)
If
the prescribed board member decides, under section 208B,
to suspend the
parole order
and issue a
warrant for
the prisoner’s arrest,
the parole board
must, within
2 business days of the
decision being made— (a) confirm the
decision; or (b) set aside the decision.
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(2) Section 208
applies to
a decision of
the parole board
to confirm the prescribed board member’s
decision as if it were a decision to suspend a parole order
under section 205(2). (3) Subsections (4)
to (6) apply if the parole board decides to set aside the
prescribed board member’s decision. (4)
The
suspension and the warrant stop having effect. (5)
If the warrant
has been executed,
the prisoner must
be released. (6)
For
this Act, the prisoner is taken not to have been unlawfully
at
large for the period— (a) starting
when the
order was
made by
the prescribed board member
under section 208B; and (b) ending when the
parole board decided to set aside the prescribed board
member’s decision. Subdivision 3 Automatic
cancellation 209 Automatic cancellation of order by
further imprisonment (1) A
prisoner’s parole
order is
automatically cancelled
if the prisoner is
sentenced to another period of imprisonment for an
offence committed, in
Queensland or
elsewhere, during
the period of the order.
(2) Subsection (1) applies even if the
period of the parole order has expired. Note—
See
section 211 for the effect of the cancellation. (3)
However, subsection (1) does not apply
if— (a) the prisoner
is required to
serve the
period of
imprisonment mentioned
in the subsection in
default of—
(i) paying a fine or another amount
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(ii) making
restitution required
to be made
under a
court order; or (b)
the period of
imprisonment mentioned
in the subsection— (i)
is required to
be served under
an intensive correction
order; or (ii) is
wholly suspended
under the
Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , part 8;
or (iii) is required to
be served until the court rises. 210
Warrant for prisoner’s arrest
(1) If a prisoner’s parole order is
automatically cancelled under section
209— (a) the parole board may issue a warrant,
signed by a board member or
an officer of
the secretariat prescribed by
regulation, for the prisoner’s arrest;
or (b) a magistrate, on the application of
the parole board or a board member, may issue a warrant for
the prisoner’s arrest. (2)
The
warrant may be directed to all police officers. Note—
See
also the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000 , section 798. (3)
When
arrested, the prisoner must be taken to a prison to serve
the unexpired portion
of the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment. Subdivision
4 Effect of cancellation 211
Effect of cancellation (1)
This
section applies if a prisoner’s parole order is cancelled—
(a) under section 205(2)(a)(i) because the
prisoner failed to comply with the parole order; or
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(b) under section 205(2)(a)(ii) because
the prisoner posed a serious risk of harm to someone else;
or (c) under section 205(2)(a)(iii) because
the prisoner posed an unacceptable risk of committing an
offence; or (d) under section
205(2)(a)(iv) because the
prisoner was
preparing to
leave Queensland, other
than under
a written order
granting the
prisoner leave
to travel interstate or
overseas; or (e) under section
205(2)(b) because the
parole board
received information that,
had it been
received before
the
parole order was made, would have resulted in the
parole board
making a
different parole
order or
not making the parole order; or
(f) under section 209 because the prisoner
was sentenced to another term of imprisonment for an offence
committed, in Queensland or
elsewhere, during
the period of
the parole order. (2)
The
time for which the prisoner was released on parole before
one of the
following events
happens counts
as time served
under the prisoner’s period of
imprisonment— (a) the prisoner
failed to
comply with
the parole order
as mentioned in subsection (1)(a);
(b) the parole order was cancelled for the
reason mentioned in subsection (1)(b), (c), (d) or
(e); (c) the prisoner
committed the
offence mentioned
in subsection (1)(f). (3)
Despite section
206(3)(b), the parole board
may, by
written order, direct
that the prisoner serve only part of the unexpired
portion of the prisoner’s period of
imprisonment. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 6 Other provisions
about parole orders 212
Travelling interstate while released on
parole (1) The chief executive may, by written
order, grant leave to a prisoner who
is released on
parole to
travel interstate for
a period of not more than 7 days.
(2) However, if the prisoner is subject to
a court ordered parole order, the period of leave may be more
than 7 days. (3) The parole
board may,
by written order,
grant leave
to a prisoner
who is released
on parole to
travel interstate for
a period of more than 7 days.
(4) Leave granted under this section is
subject to the conditions the entity granting the leave
decides. 213 Travelling overseas while released on
parole (1) The parole
board may,
by written order,
grant leave
to a prisoner
who is released
on parole to
travel overseas
for a stated
period for
compassionate purposes
in exceptional circumstances. Note—
See
also chapter 2, part 2, division 9A. (2)
Leave granted under this section is subject
to the conditions the parole board decides.
214 Prisoner released on parole taken to
be still serving sentence A prisoner
released on parole is taken to be still serving the
sentence imposed on the prisoner.
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215 Expiry of parole order
A prisoner is
taken to
have served
the prisoner’s period
of imprisonment if
the prisoner’s parole
order expires
without being cancelled
under section 205 or 209. Part 2 Parole Board
Queensland Division 1 Establishment
and functions 216 Establishment The
Parole Board
Queensland (the
parole board
) is established. 217
Functions The functions of
the parole board are— (a) to decide
applications for parole orders, other than court
ordered parole orders; and
(b) to perform other functions given to it
under this Act or another Act. Division 2
Powers 218
Powers generally The parole board
has the power to do anything necessary or convenient to be
done in performing its functions under this or another
Act. Current as at [Not applicable]
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219 Power to require attendance
(1) The parole
board may,
by written notice
(an attendance notice
) given to
a person, require
the person to
attend a
meeting of the board at a stated time and
stated place— (a) to give the board relevant
information; or (b) to produce
a stated document
containing relevant
information. (2)
A
person given an attendance notice must— (a)
attend as required by the attendance notice,
unless the person has a reasonable excuse; and
(b) give the parole board the relevant
information a board member requires the person to give, unless
the person has a reasonable excuse; and
(c) produce a
document containing relevant
information that the person
is required to produce by the attendance notice, unless
the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty—10 penalty units. (3) It is a
reasonable excuse for a person to fail to give relevant
information or produce a document if giving
the information or producing the
document may
tend to
incriminate the
person. (4)
A
person required by an attendance notice to attend a meeting
of the parole
board may
attend the
meeting by
using a
contemporaneous communication link
between the
person and the
board. (5) In this section— relevant
information means information relating to—
(a) a prisoner’s application for a parole
order, other than a court ordered parole order; or
(b) a prisoner’s parole
order, including
a court ordered
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220 Expenses of attendance and documents
produced (1) If a
person is
required by
an attendance notice
to attend a
meeting of
the parole board,
the secretariat must
pay the person’s
reasonable expenses
of attending the
meeting as
certified by the board member presiding at
the meeting. (2) If the
person produces
a document under
section 219(2)(c), the parole board
may inspect the document or make copies of it.
Division 3 Membership 221
Membership (1)
The
parole board consists of the following members (each a
board member )—
(a) the president; (b)
at
least 1 deputy president; (c) at least 2
members (each a professional board member
) who have a university or professional
qualification that is relevant to
the functions of
the parole board,
including, for example, a legal or medical
qualification; (d) at least 1 police officer nominated by
the commissioner (each a police
representative ); (e) at least 1
public service officer, nominated by the chief executive, who
has expertise or experience in probation and
parole matters
(each a
public service
representative );
(f) the required
number of
other members
(each a
community board
member ),
each of
whom represents the Queensland
community. (2) Board members mentioned in subsection
(1)(a) to (c) and (f) are appointed board
members . (3) Board
members mentioned
in subsection (1)(d)
and (e) are
permanent board members .
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(4) In this section— required
number , of community board members, means
the number of
community board
members decided
by the Minister for the
parole board. 222 President and deputy president
(1) The president— (a)
must
be a former judge of a State court, the High Court
or a
court constituted under a Commonwealth Act; or (b)
must have
qualifications, experience or
standing the
Governor in
Council considers
equivalent to
an office mentioned in
paragraph (a). (2) Each deputy president—
(a) must be a former judge of a State
court, the High Court or a court constituted under a
Commonwealth Act; or (b) must be a former
magistrate; or (c) must have
qualifications, experience or
standing the
Governor in
Council considers
equivalent to
an office mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b). (3) In this
section— magistrate includes a
magistrate appointed under the law of another
State. 223 Appointment (1)
Appointed board members are appointed by the
Governor in Council. (2)
In recommending a
person to
the Governor in
Council for
appointment, the Minister—
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(b) for an
appointment as
the president or
a deputy president—must consult
with the
parliamentary committee about
the proposed appointment; and (c)
for an appointment as
a community board
member or
professional board member—
(i) must consult with the president about
the proposed appointment; and (ii)
must have
regard to
ensuring the
parole board
represents the
diversity of
the Queensland community;
and (d) must have regard to providing
for— (i) balanced gender representation in the
membership of the parole board; and (ii)
the
representation of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait
Islanders in
the membership of
the parole board.
(3) An appointed board member, other than
a community board member, must be appointed on a full-time
basis. (4) Subsection (2)(b)
does not
apply to
the reappointment of
a person as the president or a deputy
president. (5) In this section— parliamentary
committee means— (a)
if the Legislative Assembly
resolves that
a particular committee of the
Assembly is to be the parliamentary committee under
this Act—that committee; or (b)
if
paragraph (a) does not apply and the standing rules
and orders under
the Parliament of
Queensland Act
2001 state
that the
portfolio area
of a portfolio
committee includes
the parole board—that committee; or
(c) otherwise—the portfolio
committee whose
portfolio area
includes the
department, or
the part of
a department, in which this Act is
administered. Current as at [Not applicable]
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portfolio area , of a portfolio
committee, see the Parliament of Queensland Act
2001 , section 88(2)(b). portfolio
committee see
the Parliament of
Queensland Act
2001 , section
88(1). Not authorised —indicative
only 224 Term of
appointment (1) The president and each deputy
president holds office for the term, not longer
than 5 years, stated in the board member’s instrument of
appointment. (2) An appointed
board member,
other than
the president or
a deputy president, holds office for the
term, not longer than 3 years, stated in the member’s
instrument of appointment. (3) However, if a
successor has not been appointed by the end of the appointed
board member’s term, the member continues to hold office
until a successor is appointed. (4)
An
appointed board member may be reappointed. (5)
However, a person holding office as the
president or a deputy president may be reappointed to the
office only if— (a) no term of appointment is longer than
5 years; and (b) the person
does not
hold the
office for
more than
10 years in total. 225
Conditions of appointment
(1) The president
and each deputy
president are
to be paid
the prescribed salary. (2)
An appointed board
member, other
than the
president or
a deputy president, is
to be paid
the remuneration and
allowances decided by the Governor in
Council. (3) An appointed
board member
holds office
on the terms,
not otherwise provided for by this Act,
decided by the Governor in Council. (4)
An
appointed board member is appointed under this Act and
not
the Public Service Act 2008 .
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226 Vacancy in office (1)
An
appointed board member’s office becomes vacant if—
(a) the member completes the member’s term
of office; or (b) the member resigns office by signed
notice given to the Minister; or (c)
the member’s appointment is
terminated by
the Governor in Council under subsection
(2) or (3). (2) The Governor
in Council may,
at any time,
end the appointment of a
community board member for any reason or none.
(3) The Governor in Council may terminate
the appointment of another appointed board member if the
member— (a) is guilty
of misconduct of
a type that
could warrant
dismissal from the public service if the
member were an officer of the public service; or
(b) becomes incapable
of satisfactorily performing the
functions of
a board member
because of
physical or
mental incapacity or for some other
reason. (4) In this section— misconduct see the
Public Service Act 2008 , section
187(4). 227 Leave of absence (1)
The Minister may
approve a
leave of
absence for
the president. (2)
The
president may approve a leave of absence for a deputy
president, professional board
member or
community board
member. (3)
However, only the Minister may approve a
leave of absence of more than
20 business days
for a deputy
president or
professional board member.
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228 Acting appointments
(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a
qualified person to act in the office of a prescribed board
member for all or part of a period in which— (a)
the
office is vacant; or (b) the person
holding the office is absent from duty or the State or can
not, for another reason, perform the duties of the
office. (2) A person may not be appointed to act
in the office for— (a) a continuous period of more than 3
months; or (b) a period that, with the periods of
other appointments of the person to act in the office, form
a continuous period of more than 3 months. (3)
However, subsection (2) does not apply to
the appointment of a person to
act in the
office of
the president or
a deputy president if, in
recommending the person for the appointment, the Minister
complies with section 223(2)(b). (4)
The Minister must
consult with
the president before
recommending a
person to
act in the
office of
deputy president. (5)
In
this section— qualified ,
in relation to
an appointment to
act in an
office, means qualified
for appointment to the office. 229
Preservation of rights (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a person is appointed as a prescribed
board member; and (b) the person resigns the person’s role
as a public service officer in order to accept the
appointment. (2) The person keeps all rights that have
accrued to the person as a public service officer, or that
would accrue in the future to the
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prescribed board member were a continuation
of service as a public service officer. (3)
At
the end of the person’s term of office or on resignation as
a prescribed board member— (a)
the
person has the right to be appointed to an office in
the
public service on the same terms and conditions that
applied to
the person before
being appointed
as a prescribed board
member; and (b) the person’s
service as
a prescribed board
member is
taken to be service of a like nature in the
public service for deciding the
person’s rights
as a public
service officer.
Division 4 Proceedings 230
Conduct of business Subject
to this division,
the parole board
may conduct its
business, including
its meetings, in
the way it
considers appropriate. 231
Quorum A
quorum for
a meeting of
the parole board
is 3 board
members. Note—
For
the board members who must be present at a meeting at which
particular matters about parole orders are
considered, see also section 234.
232 Presiding at meetings
(1) The president presides at all meetings
of the parole board at which the president is present.
(2) If the president is absent from a
meeting and the parole board has only 1
deputy president, the deputy president is to preside.
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(3) If the president is absent from a
meeting and the parole board has more than 1
deputy president, the deputy president chosen by the president
is to preside. (4) If neither the president, nor any of
the deputy presidents, are present at a meeting, a professional
board member chosen by the president is to preside.
233 Meetings generally (1)
The parole board
must meet
as often as
is necessary to
perform its functions. (2)
A
meeting may be called by the president or, in the absence of
the
president, a deputy president. (3)
In
the absence of the president and each deputy president, an
officer of the secretariat prescribed by
regulation may call a meeting to
consider whether
a parole order
should be
amended, suspended or cancelled.
(4) The parole board may hold meetings, or
allow board members to take part
in meetings, by
using a
contemporaneous communication
link between the members. (5) A
board member
who takes part
in a meeting
under subsection (4)
is taken to be present at the meeting. (6)
A
question at a meeting of the parole board must be decided
by a
majority of votes of the board members present. (7)
If
there is an equality of votes, the board member presiding at
the
meeting has a casting vote. (8)
A prisoner granted
leave to
appear before
the parole board
under section 190 may appear before a
meeting— (a) by using
a contemporaneous communication link
between the prisoner and the parole board;
or (b) if the
prisoner has
a special need—by
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234 Meetings about particular matters
relating to parole orders (1)
Subsection (2) applies if, at a meeting of
the parole board, the board is to consider a prescribed
prisoner’s application for a parole
order. (2) The matter must not be considered at
the meeting unless the following board members are present at
the meeting— (a) the president or a deputy
president; (b) a professional board member;
(c) a community board member;
(d) a public service
representative; (e) a police representative.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if, at a
meeting of the parole board, the board
is to consider
the suspension or
cancellation of
a prescribed prisoner’s parole
order. (4) The matter must not be considered at
the meeting unless the following board members are present at
the meeting— (a) the president or a deputy
president; (b) a professional board member;
(c) a community board member.
(5) Subsection (6) applies if, at a
meeting of the parole board, the board is to
consider— (a) an application for
a parole order
made by
a prisoner other than a
prescribed prisoner; or (b) the amendment of
a prisoner’s parole order; or (c)
the suspension or
cancellation of
a parole order
for a prisoner other
than a prescribed prisoner. (6)
The matter must
not be considered at
the meeting unless
a professional board member, a community
board member and at least 1 other board member are present at
the meeting. (7) In this section— Current as at
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prescribed prisoner means—
(a) a prisoner mentioned in—
(i) section 181(1); or (ii)
section 181A(1); or (iii)
section 182A(1) or (2); or
(iv) section 183(1);
or (v) section 185B(1)(a); or
(b) a prisoner who is imprisoned
for— (i) an offence
mentioned in
the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section
161A(a)(i); or (ii) a serious sexual
offence; or (iii) an
offence committed
with the
circumstance of
aggravation stated in the
Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992
,
section 161Q(1); or (iv) an
offence against
the Criminal Code,
section 315A; or
(c) a prisoner
who has, at
any time, been
convicted of
a terrorism offence; or
(d) a prisoner
the subject of
a Commonwealth control
order; or (e)
a prisoner about
whom the
parole board
has information that indicates—
(i) the prisoner may have promoted
terrorism; or Note— For when a
person promotes terrorism, see section 247A. (ii)
there is
a risk the
prisoner may
carry out
a terrorist act. serious sexual
offence see the Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 ,
schedule. Page 184 Current as at
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235 Attendance of staff member at
meetings If asked to do so by the president, a deputy
president or an officer of
the secretariat prescribed by
regulation, a
staff member
must— (a) attend a meeting of the parole board,
including by using a contemporaneous communication link
between the
staff member and the board; and
(b) give the information the parole board
asks for to help it decide a matter relating to a parole
order. Division 5 Parole Board
Queensland Secretariat 236
Establishment and functions
(1) The Parole Board Queensland
Secretariat (the secretariat ) is
established. (2)
The
function of the secretariat is to support the parole board
in performing its functions.
(3) The chief executive may appoint as
officers of the secretariat as
many persons
as the chief
executive considers
are necessary to support the function of
the secretariat. (4) A person appointed as an officer of
the secretariat is employed under the
Public Service Act 2008 .
Division 6 Pension
entitlements of president and deputy president
237 Judges pension scheme applies to
former senior board member The
Judges Pensions
Act, other
than sections
15 and 15A, applies to a
former senior board member as if a reference to a
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judge in
that Act
includes a
reference to
the former senior
board member, but with— (a)
the
changes set out in this division; and (b)
other changes necessary to enable that Act
to apply to a former senior board member.
238 Period for which person holds office
as president or deputy president For applying the
Judges Pensions Act to a former senior board member under
this division, the following are to be counted as
a
period for which a person held office as the president or a
deputy president— (a)
any period, before
the person’s appointment as
the president or a deputy president, that
would be counted as service as a judge for the Judges
Pensions Act; (b) any period,
before the
person’s appointment as
the president or
a deputy president, for
which the
person acted as the
president or a deputy president. 239
Pension at end of appointment
generally (1) The Judges Pensions Act, sections 3
and 4 applies to a former senior board member—
(a) if the member held office as the
president or a deputy president for at least 5 years;
and (b) regardless of
the age of
the member when
the person ceased
to hold the
office of
president or
deputy president. Note—
See,
however, section 241 for when a pension becomes payable.
(2) However, the annual pension to which
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(a) at a rate equal to 6% of the
prescribed salary for each year for which the member held office
as the president or a deputy president; but
(b) up to a maximum of 60% of the
prescribed salary. 240 Pension if appointment ends because of
ill health (1) The Judges Pensions Act, section 5
applies to a former senior board member if— (a)
the
member resigned the office of president or deputy
president and
a medical practitioner, prescribed under
section 5(1)(a) of that Act, certified to
the Minister that the resignation was because of a permanent
disability or infirmity; or (b)
the member’s appointment as
president or
deputy president
was terminated under
section 226(3)(b)
because of a proved incapacity to perform
the duties of the office. (2)
However, the annual pension to which the
former senior board member is entitled is an annual
pension— (a) at a rate equal to 6% of the
prescribed salary for each year of the period consisting
of— (i) the period
for which the
former senior
board member
held office
as the president
or a deputy
president; and (ii)
the period for
which the
former senior
board member could
have held office as the president or a deputy
president under
the member’s terms
and conditions of
appointment (including under
an option to renew the appointment for a
further term) if the member had not resigned, or the
member’s appointment had
not been terminated, as
mentioned in subsection (1); but
(b) up to a maximum of 60% of the
prescribed salary. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(3) Also, a former senior board member is
entitled to an annual pension as set out in this section
only if the period mentioned in subsection
(2)(a) is at least 5 years. 241 When pension
becomes payable (1) This section
applies if
a former senior
board member
is entitled to
a pension under
the Judges Pensions
Act, as
applying under this division.
(2) The pension does not become payable
until the former senior board member reaches 65 years of
age. 242 Pension of spouse and children on
death of former senior board member (1)
The
Judges Pensions Act, sections 7 to 8A applies to a former
senior board member if the member is
entitled to a pension under the
Judges Pensions
Act, as
applying under
this division.
(2) The Judges
Pensions Act,
sections 7 and
8A applies to
a spouse or
child of
a former senior
board member
who dies before
the member reaches
65 years of
age in the
way the sections apply
to a spouse or child of a judge who dies before retirement. (3)
However, if the spouse or child is entitled
to a pension under the Judges Pensions Act, section 7 or 8A,
the pension is not payable to the spouse or child until the
time when the former senior board member would have reached
65 years of age. (4) The Judges
Pensions Act,
sections 8 and
8A applies to
a spouse or
child of
a former senior
board member
who dies after
the member reached
65 years of
age in the
way the sections apply
to a spouse or child of a retired judge. (5)
In
this section— child includes adopted
child. Page 188 Current as at
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242A What happens if former senior board
member is removed from office as a judge The Judges
Pensions Act, section 16 applies to a person who
is a
former senior board member if the person was a judge
removed from
office as
mentioned in
the section after
the person held office as the president or
a deputy president. 242B What happens if former senior board
member’s appointment is terminated because of
misconduct This division does not apply to a former
senior board member if the member’s
appointment is
terminated under
section 226(3)(a), unless
the Governor in
Council decides
otherwise. 242C
Former senior board member entitled to other
pension A pension is not payable, or stops being
payable, under the Judges Pensions
Act in relation
to a former
senior board
member in the member’s capacity as a former
senior board member if a
pension is payable under that Act in relation to
the
member in the member’s capacity as— (a)
a
judge; or (b) a member of the Land Court, the
industrial court, or the industrial commission.
Note— See the Judges
Pensions Act, sections 2AC and 2BB for the pension
entitlements of persons who have been
appointed as the president or a deputy
president. 242D Provision about agreements and court
orders under Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth)
(1) The Judges Pensions Act, part 2,
division 2 applies to a former senior board
member as follows— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) the reference to a retired judge in
section 9 of that Act, definition entitled
former spouse
is taken to
be a reference to a
former senior board member; (b)
information allowed to be given under
section 10 of that Act includes information about
a benefit for
a person who holds office
as the president or a deputy president; (c)
sections 11 and 12 of that Act
apply whether the person is the president, a deputy president
or a former senior board member, at the operative time
mentioned in the section; (d)
section 13 of that Act applies in relation
to a person who is the president
or a deputy
president at
the operative time
mentioned in
the section and
dies while
holding office as the
president or a deputy president. (2)
However, if
a person who
is the president
or a deputy
president at
the operative time
mentioned in
the Judges Pensions Act,
section 13 dies before reaching 65 years of age,
the pension payable
to the person’s
entitled former
spouse under
the section does
not become payable
until the
time when the person
would have reached 65 years of age. Division 7
Other matters 242E
Guidelines The Minister may
make guidelines about policies to help the parole board in
performing its functions. 242F Annual
report (1) For each
financial year,
the parole board
must give
the Minister a report about—
(a) the operation
of this Act
in relation to
parole orders,
other than court ordered parole orders;
and (b) the activities of the parole
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(2) The report
must state
the number of
persons who,
in that financial year,
were— (a) released on
parole, other
than under
a court ordered
parole order; and (b)
returned to
prison after
their parole
order, including
a court ordered parole order, was
suspended or cancelled. (3) The
report must
be given to
the Minister on
or before 30
September after
the end of
the financial year
to which the
report relates. (4)
The Minister must
table the
report in
the Legislative Assembly within
14 sitting days after receiving the report. 242G
Special report If
asked by
the Minister, the
parole board
must give
the Minister a
written report
about the
operation of
this Act
in relation to— (a)
parole orders; or (b)
the
performance of a function by the parole board. 242H
Disclosure of interests (1)
This
section applies to a board member if— (a)
the board member
has an interest
in an issue
being considered, or
about to
be considered, by
the parole board;
and (b) the interest
conflicts or
may conflict with
the proper performance of
the board member’s
duties about
the consideration of the issue.
(2) As soon
as practicable after
the relevant facts
come to
the board member’s
knowledge, the
member must
disclose the
nature of the interest to—
(a) the president; or (b)
if
the member is the president, a deputy president.
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(3) The disclosure must
be recorded in
the parole board’s
minutes. (4)
Unless the
president, or
deputy president, to
whom the
disclosure was
made otherwise
decides, the
board member
must
not— (a) be present when the parole board
considers the issue; or (b) take
part in
a decision of
the parole board
about the
issue. (5)
A contravention of
this section
does not
invalidate any
decision of the parole board.
(6) However, if the parole board becomes
aware a board member contravened this
section, the
board must
reconsider any
decision made by the board in which the
member took part in contravention of this section.
Part
3 General 243
Legal
proceedings A legal proceeding based on an act, omission
or decision of the parole board
may only be
started against
the board members under
the name of the board. 244 Corrective
services officer subject to direction of parole board
For
enforcing a parole order, other than a court ordered parole
order, a corrective services officer is
subject to the directions of the parole board.
245 Chief executive must prepare and give
report to parole board If asked to do
so by the parole board, the chief executive must
give the
board a
report on,
or information relating
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(a) a prisoner’s application for a parole
order, other than a court ordered parole order, or approval of a
resettlement leave program; (b)
a
prisoner; (c) a parole order, including a court
ordered parole order; (d) an approved
resettlement leave program. 246 Invalidity of
parole board’s acts, proceedings or decisions
An act, proceeding or
decision of
the parole board
is not invalidated or
in any way
prejudiced only
because of
a vacancy in the membership of the board
at the time of the act, proceeding or decision.
247 Authentication of document
A document made
by the parole
board for
this Act
is sufficiently authenticated if it is
signed by the president, or an officer
of the secretariat prescribed by
regulation at
the president’s direction.
247A When a person promotes
terrorism (1) For this chapter, a person promotes
terrorism if the person— (a) carries out an
activity to support the carrying out of a terrorist act;
or (b) makes a
statement in
support of
the carrying out
of a terrorist act;
or (c) carries out
an activity, or
makes a
statement, to
advocate the carrying out of a terrorist act
or support for the carrying out of a terrorist
act. (2) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
a reference in
subsection (1) to a terrorist act—
(a) includes a terrorist act that has not
happened; and Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) is not limited to a specific terrorist
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Grant of financial assistance
Division 1 Application for
grant 248 Application An
entity, other
than a
public sector
entity, may
apply in
writing to
the chief executive
for a grant
of financial assistance to
provide a program or service to help prisoners or
their families. 249
No
entitlement to financial assistance The
chief executive
is not required
to approve a
grant of
financial assistance for an entity.
250 Approval of grant (1)
The chief executive
may approve a
grant of
financial assistance if
satisfied the
program or
service funded
by the grant
will— (a) promote prisoner welfare; or
(b) help former
prisoners reintegrate into
the community after their
release from custody. (2) In deciding
whether to approve the grant, the matters the chief
executive may consider include the
following— (a) whether the
program or
service is
currently provided
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(b) whether the entity is receiving
financial assistance from another source to provide the program
or service, and if so, the extent of the assistance.
251 Who may receive approval for one-off
financial assistance The chief
executive may approve a grant of one-off financial
assistance for an entity.
Division 2 Conditions of
grant Subdivision 1 Agreement
252 No financial assistance without
agreement (1) If the chief executive approves a
grant of financial assistance for
an entity, the
chief executive
must enter
into a
written agreement with
the entity (a financial assistance agreement
) for giving the financial
assistance. (2) The chief executive may give the
financial assistance to the entity only if
the entity has entered into a financial assistance
agreement for the assistance.
(3) If the entity is not a body corporate,
the member or members of the entity as required by the chief
executive, must agree in writing to the conditions on which the
grant is made. (4) Despite subsection (2), the chief
executive may give financial assistance
before a financial assistance agreement is entered
into
if satisfied— (a) there is an urgent need for the
assistance; and (b) it is not practicable to enter into a
financial assistance agreement before assistance is
given. (5) If subsection (4) applies, the entity
must— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) before receiving
the financial assistance, agree
in writing to
enter into
a financial assistance agreement
after receiving
the assistance within
a stated time
decided by the chief executive; and
(b) enter into the financial assistance
agreement within that time. (6)
Recurrent financial assistance must stop if
the entity has not entered into a financial assistance
agreement within the stated time.
253 What financial assistance agreement is
to contain (1) A financial
assistance agreement
must state
each of
the following the
chief executive
considers relevant
to the financial
assistance— (a) the amount of assistance;
(b) whether the assistance is recurrent or
one-off assistance; (c) the period
of the agreement
and, for
recurrent assistance, how
often assistance is to be given; (d)
the
type of program or service to be provided; (e)
the place at
which the
program or
service is
to be provided;
(f) the way the entity is to report to the
chief executive; (g) the circumstances in which the entity
is in breach of the agreement; (h)
the
action that may be taken by the chief executive for a
breach of
the agreement, including
the suspension or
stopping of financial assistance.
(2) A financial assistance agreement must
also state that it is a condition of
the agreement that
the grantee give
the chief executive
written notice within 30 days after becoming aware
of any of
the following matters,
unless the
grantee has
a reasonable excuse— (a)
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(b) for a
nonprofit corporation—the grantee
is under external
administration under the Corporations Act or a similar law of a
foreign jurisdiction; (c) a matter
prescribed under a regulation. (3)
The agreement may
also include
other matters
the chief executive
considers necessary to give effect to or enforce the
agreement. (4)
If there is
an inconsistency between
the agreement and
subdivisions 2 to 4, the agreement is
ineffective to the extent of the inconsistency.
254 Chief executive’s powers not limited
by agreement The chief executive’s powers under this part
are not limited by the inclusion of a matter in an agreement
under section 253. Subdivision 2 Insurance and
prescribed requirements 255
Insurance (1)
A
grantee must ensure there is in force, for the program or
service for which financial assistance is
given under this part, adequate insurance cover to manage the
risks to the grantee. (2) Without
limiting subsection
(1), the insurance cover
must comply
with any
requirements under
another law
or the financial
assistance agreement. 256 Prescribed
requirements (1) A regulation may
prescribe requirements relating
to the provision of
programs or services by grantees. (2)
Without limiting subsection (1), a
regulation may prescribe a requirement about— Current as at
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(a) how a grantee conducts its operations
while providing a program or service for which it has received
financial assistance under this part,
including— (i) financial management and
accountability; and (ii) corporate
governance; or (b) how a
grantee delivers
the programs or
services, including— (i)
deciding eligibility and
priority for
programs or
services; and (ii)
giving information; and (iii)
resolving disputes. (3)
A
requirement may include provision about— (a)
preparing, maintaining, publishing or
implementing a
policy; or (b)
reporting to the chief executive; or
(c) maintaining any
accreditation that
is relevant to
the delivery of the program or
service. Example— accreditation to
deliver sexual assault counselling 257
Grantee must comply with prescribed
requirements A grantee must
not contravene a
prescribed requirement relating to the
provision of a program or service for which the grantee has been
given financial assistance under this part. Notes—
1 Under section 262, a grantee may be
given a compliance notice requiring the grantee to remedy a
contravention of a prescribed requirement. 2
The
extent of a grantee’s compliance with, or contravention of,
a prescribed requirement is likely to be a
relevant matter for the chief executive to
consider when deciding the further assistance, if any,
to
give to the grantee under this part. Page 198
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3 A financial assistance agreement may
include a provision about the consequences of
a contravention of a prescribed requirement. Not
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compliance with conditions 258
Chief
executive’s examination of records (1)
The
chief executive may ask a grantee to produce to the chief
executive records kept in relation to
amounts received under the grant. (2)
The
chief executive may examine and make copies of, or take
extracts from, the records relating to the
receipt and spending of the amounts. Subdivision
4 Noncompliance with conditions and
prescribed requirements 259
Chief
executive’s powers if suspicion that condition not
complied with The
chief executive
may exercise 1
or more of
the powers under sections
260 and 261 if the chief executive reasonably suspects that a
condition of a grant of financial assistance is not being, or
has not been, complied with. 260
Chief
executive may ask grantee to provide explanation
(1) The chief executive may, in writing,
ask the grantee to explain to the chief executive why—
(a) further payments under the grant
should be made; and (b) amounts paid under the grant should
not be required to be refunded. (2)
The request must
allow 21
days after
the day of
its receipt before the
grantee must give the explanation. Current as at
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261 Chief executive may suspend further
payments The chief executive may suspend further
payments under the grant if the chief executive makes a request
under section 260 and the grantee— (a)
does not
give an
explanation to
the chief executive
within 21 days after receiving the request;
or (b) fails to satisfy the chief executive
that the conditions of the grant are being, and have been,
complied with. 262 Compliance notice (1)
This
section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes
a
grantee— (a) is contravening a prescribed
requirement; or (b) has contravened a
prescribed requirement in
circumstances that make it likely the
contravention will continue or be repeated. (2)
The chief executive
may give the
grantee a
notice (a
compliance notice
) requiring the
grantee to
remedy the
contravention. (3)
The
compliance notice must state the following— (a)
that the
chief executive
reasonably believes
the grantee— (i)
is
contravening a prescribed requirement; or (ii)
has contravened a
prescribed requirement in
circumstances that make it likely the
contravention will continue or be repeated;
(b) the prescribed requirement the chief
executive believes is being, or has been, contravened;
(c) briefly, how it is believed the
prescribed requirement is being, or has been,
contravened; (d) that the grantee must remedy the
contravention within a stated reasonable time;
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(e) that if
the grantee fails,
without reasonable excuse,
to comply with the compliance notice, the
chief executive may, under subsection (5), not give
financial assistance to the grantee. (4)
The
compliance notice may also state the steps that the chief
executive reasonably believes
are necessary to
remedy the
contravention, or
avoid further
contravention, of
the prescribed requirement.
(5) If the grantee fails to comply with
the compliance notice, the chief executive
is not required
to give any
assistance, or
further assistance, to the grantee under a
financial assistance agreement in force when the relevant
compliance notice was given, despite any provision of the
agreement. (6) This section does not limit—
(a) a remedy
available to
the chief executive
under a
financial assistance agreement; or
(b) the chief executive’s powers apart
from this section. Part 2 Chief
executive 263 Functions and powers
(1) Subject to any direction of the
Minister, the chief executive is responsible
for— (a) the security and management of all
corrective services facilities; and (b)
the
safe custody and welfare of all prisoners; and (c)
the
supervision of offenders in the community. (2)
The
chief executive has— (a) the power to do
all things necessary or convenient to be done for, or in
connection with, the performance of the chief
executive’s functions under an Act; and Current as at
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Example— The chief
executive may order the inspection of a corrective
services facility whether or not an incident
has happened at the facility. (b)
the
powers of an inspector, including the chief inspector,
and
a corrective services officer. (3)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that the chief executive
may exercise a
power mentioned
in subsection (2)(b) in
a place other than a corrective services
facility. Example— The chief
executive may order a search of a prisoner who is in a
vehicle being used to transport offenders.
264 Administrative directions
(1) The chief
executive may,
in writing, give
an administrative direction to
facilitate the effective and efficient management
of
corrective services. Example— a direction to
ensure mobile telephones are not brought into a corrective
services facility (2)
Each
person to whom the direction applies must comply with
it. 265 Administrative
procedures (1) The chief executive must make
administrative procedures to facilitate the
effective and efficient management of corrective
services. Example—
a
procedure for dealing with applications for early discharge
(2) The administrative procedures must
take into
account the
special needs of offenders.
(3) The chief
executive must
publish the
administrative procedures on
the department’s website on the internet. Page 202
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Note— At the
commencement of this section, the department’s website on
the internet is www.dcs.qld.gov.au.
(4) However, the
chief executive
need not
publish an
administrative procedure if the publication
might pose a risk to the security or good order of a
corrective services facility. 266
Programs and services to help
offenders (1) The chief executive must establish
programs or services— (a) for the medical
or religious welfare of prisoners; and (b)
to help prisoners
reintegrate into
the community after
their release from custody, including by
acquiring skills; and (c) to
initiate, keep
and improve relationships between
offenders and
members of
their families
and the community;
and (d) to help rehabilitate offenders.
(2) The programs or services must take
into account the special needs of offenders.
Example— Whenever
possible, female doctors must be appointed to prisons for
female prisoners. 267
Monitoring devices If the chief
executive considers it reasonably necessary, the
chief executive may require an offender to
wear a device for monitoring the offender’s location.
Example— The chief
executive may require an offender who is released on parole
to
wear a monitoring device. Current as at [Not applicable]
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268 Declaration of emergency
(1) This section applies if the chief
executive reasonably believes a
situation exists
at a prison
that threatens
or is likely
to threaten— (a)
the
security or good order of the prison; or (b)
the
safety of a prisoner or another person in the prison.
(2) The chief executive may, with the
Minister’s approval, declare that an
emergency exists in relation to the prison for a stated
period that must not be more than 3
days. (3) The declaration lapses at the end of
the stated period unless— (a) it is sooner
revoked by the chief executive; or (b)
another declaration is made to take
effect. (4) While the declaration is in force, the
chief executive may— (a) restrict any
activity in, or access to, the prison; or (b)
order that
prisoners’ privileges or
a stated prisoner’s privileges be
withheld; or (c) authorise police
officers to
perform a
function or
exercise a power of a corrective services
officer, under the direction of the senior police officer
present. (5) In this section— prison
includes part of a prison.
269 Commissioner to provide police to help
chief executive (1) The chief
executive may
ask the commissioner to
provide police officers
to help the chief executive in the performance of the chief
executive’s functions. (2) The commissioner
must comply with the request. Page 204
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270 Community service (1)
The
chief executive may, in writing, declare an activity to be
community service for this Act or the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
. (2) The
chief executive
may appoint an
appropriately qualified
person (a
community service
supervisor )
to supervise offenders
performing community service. (3)
A
community service supervisor— (a)
ceases to be appointed at the end of the
term stated in the instrument of appointment; and
(b) may resign by signed notice given to
the chief executive. 271 Delegation of functions of chief
executive (1) The chief executive may delegate to an
appropriately qualified person (the delegate
) a
function of the chief executive under this Act.
(2) The delegation may
permit the
delegate to
subdelegate the
delegated function to an appropriately
qualified person. (3) In this section— appropriately qualified
person includes
any of the
following— (a)
an
employee of the department; (b)
an engaged service
provider or
an employee of
an engaged service provider;
(c) a corrective services officer.
function includes a
power. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 6 Administration [s 272]
Part
3 Engaged service providers
Not authorised —indicative
only 272 Engaging service
provider (1) The chief executive may, in writing,
authorise an entity (an engaged service
provider )
to perform an
office holder’s
functions ( authorised
functions ). (2) When
performing authorised functions, an
engaged service
provider has the same powers as the office
holder, including a power of delegation, but not including the
power to authorise an engaged service provider under subsection
(1). (3) The chief executive may give the
authority subject to stated conditions,
including, for example, a condition— (a)
that a
particular power
only be
exercised subject
to a decision of the
chief executive; or Example— a condition
requiring the engaged service provider to obtain the
chief executive’s approval before delegating
a particular power (b) imposing particular duties
on the engaged
service provider’s
employees. Examples— •
a
condition requiring the engaged service provider to ensure
the
provider’s employees receive the training required by
the
chief executive • a condition requiring the engaged
service provider to ensure the provider’s employees are subject
to the approved code of conduct for public service
agencies, and any approved standard of practice for the
department, under the Public Sector Ethics
Act 1994 (4) The authorisation of an engaged
service provider to perform an authorised
function does not relieve the chief executive of
the chief executive’s obligation to
ensure the
function is
properly performed. (5)
Laws
apply to the engaged service provider, and to persons in
relationship to
the engaged service
provider, in
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power for
an authorised function,
as if the
engaged service
provider were the officer holder.
(6) In this section— entity
does
not include a public service employee. function
, of
an office holder, means a function of the office
holder under— (a)
this Act,
other than
the chief executive’s functions
relating to— (i)
the appointment of
the chief inspector
or inspectors; and (ii)
the
appointment or assignment of official visitors; or
(b) another Act relating to corrective
services. office holder means—
(a) the chief executive; or
(b) a corrective services officer;
or (c) a doctor appointed to a prison.
273 Acts applying to engaged service
provider (1) The Right
to Information Act
2009 and
the Information Privacy
Act 2009 ,
chapter 3
apply to
an engaged service
provider prescribed under a regulation as
if— (a) the provider were an agency;
and (b) the holder
of a specified
office, prescribed under
a regulation, of
the provider were
the chief executive
officer of the provider; and
(c) the Minister were the responsible
Minister. (2) The Crime
and Corruption Act
2001 applies
to an engaged
service provider prescribed under a
regulation as if— (a) the provider were a unit of public
administration; and Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) the holder
of a specified
office, prescribed under
a regulation, of
the provider were
the chief executive
officer of the provider; and
(c) a person
employed by
the provider were
a person holding
an appointment in
a unit of
public administration. (3)
Subject to
sections 17, 66(6),
68(6) and
71(4), the
Judicial Review
Act 1991 applies
to an engaged
service provider
prescribed under a regulation as if—
(a) the provider were a State authority;
and (b) a decision
of an administrative character
made, proposed
to be made,
or required to
be made, by
the provider or a person employed by the
provider, whether or not in the exercise of a discretion, were
a decision to which that Act applies. (4)
The Ombudsman Act
2001 applies
to an engaged
service provider
prescribed under a regulation as if— (a)
the
provider were an agency; and (b)
the holder of
a specified office,
prescribed under
a regulation, of
the provider were
the principal officer;
and (c) a person
employed by the provider were an officer of an agency;
and (d) the Minister were the responsible
Minister. (5) The Public Interest
Disclosure Act 2010 applies to an engaged service provider
as if— (a) the provider were a public sector
entity; and (b) a person employed by the provider were
a public officer; and (c) the
chief executive
of the provider
were the
chief executive
officer of the provider. Page 208 Current as at
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274 Review of engaged service provider’s
performance (1) The chief
executive may
appoint an
appropriately qualified
person to review an engaged service
provider’s performance of its authorised functions.
(2) The engaged service provider must
allow the person unlimited access to— (a)
records relating
to the performance of
the authorised functions;
or (b) persons employed or engaged by the
provider; or (c) if the functions relate to the
management of prisoners— the relevant corrective services
facility; or (d) anything else stated in the
appointment. (3) The person must prepare a report on
the review for the chief executive. Part 4
Corrective services officers
275 Appointing corrective services
officers The chief executive
may appoint an
appropriately qualified
public service
officer, or
another appropriately qualified
person, as a corrective services
officer. 276 Powers of corrective services
officer (1) A corrective services officer—
(a) has the powers given to the officer
under an Act; and (b) is subject
to the directions of
the chief executive
in exercising the powers.
(2) The powers may be limited—
(a) under a regulation; or
(b) under a condition of appointment;
or Current as at [Not applicable]
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(c) by written
notice given
by the chief
executive to
the corrective services officer.
277 Issue of identity card
(1) The chief
executive must
issue an
identity card
to each corrective
services officer. (2) The identity card must—
(a) contain a recent photo of the
corrective services officer; and
(b) contain a
copy of
the corrective services
officer’s signature;
and (c) identify the person as a corrective
services officer; and (d) state an expiry
date for the card. (3) This section
does not
prevent the
issue of
a single identity
card
to a person for this Act and other purposes. 278
Production or display of identity
card (1) In exercising a power under this Act
in relation to a person, a corrective services officer
must— (a) produce the
officer’s identity
card for
the person’s inspection
before exercising the power; or (b)
have
the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to
the
person when exercising the power. (2)
However, subsection (1) does not apply if it
is not practicable, in the circumstances, to comply with the
subsection. 279 Corrective services dog
The
chief executive may, in the approved form, certify that a
dog
is a corrective services dog. Page 210
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280 Use of corrective services dog
(1) A corrective services dog may be
used— (a) to search for prohibited things;
or Example— A corrective
services dog may be used to do a scanning search of
persons in a corrective services facility
for drugs. (b) to search for prisoners; or
(c) to restrain a prisoner; or
(d) for the
security or
good order
of a corrective services
facility; or (e)
if
it is reasonably necessary to help a corrective services
officer perform functions under this
Act. (2) Subsection (1)(c) to (e) applies
subject to the requirements of chapter 3, part
5. Note— Chapter 3, part
5 deals with the use of force. 281
Corrective services dog may accompany
corrective services officer (1)
A corrective services
dog under the
control of
a corrective services officer
who is performing duties under this Act may enter and remain
on any place that the officer may lawfully enter or remain
on. (2) Subsection (1) applies despite the
provisions of any other Act or law.
282 Application of local laws
The
provisions of a local law do not apply to— (a)
a
corrective services dog; or (b)
a corrective services
officer handling
a corrective services dog in
relation to anything done by the officer in performing
the officer’s duties under this Act. Current as at
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Chapter 6 Administration [s 283]
Part
5 Doctors Not
authorised —indicative
only 283 Appointment of
doctor (1) The chief executive must appoint at
least 1 doctor for each prison.
(2) A doctor who is not employed under
the Public Service Act 2008
is
entitled to the remuneration, allowances and expenses
approved by the chief executive.
284 Doctor’s functions A doctor
appointed under section 283 must— (a)
examine and treat prisoners at the prison
for which the doctor is appointed; and (b)
establish a
record of
the examinations carried
out and treatment
given by
the doctor, or
at the doctor’s
direction, to prisoners at the prison for
which the doctor is appointed; and (c)
report and make recommendations to the chief
executive about a prisoner’s medical condition when
required to do so by the chief executive; and
(d) perform any other function the doctor
is required by the chief executive to perform that the doctor
is qualified to perform. Part 6
Official visitors 285
Appointing official visitor
(1) The chief
executive may
appoint an
appropriately qualified
person as an official visitor for a period
of up to 3 years. (2) The person may be reappointed, once
only, for a period of up to 3 years. Page 212
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(3) The chief executive must not appoint
as an official visitor— (a) an employee of a
public sector entity; or (b) an employee of
an engaged service provider. 286
Assigning official visitor to corrective
services facility (1) The chief executive must ensure
that— (a) if 2
or more official
visitors are
assigned to
visit a
corrective services
facility, at
least 1
of the official
visitors is a lawyer; and
(b) if a significant proportion of
prisoners in custody in a corrective services
facility are
Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander
prisoners, at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to
visit the facility is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
person; and (c) at least
1 of the
official visitors
assigned to
visit a
corrective services
facility for
female prisoners
is a woman.
(2) An official visitor must visit the
corrective services facility to which the
official visitor has been assigned— (a)
once
each month, unless otherwise directed by the chief
executive; and (b)
when
asked to do so by the chief executive. (3)
If an official
visitor is
unable to
visit a
corrective services
facility as required by subsection (2), the
official visitor must immediately notify the chief
executive. 287 Remuneration, allowances and
expenses An official visitor is entitled to the
remuneration, allowances and expenses approved by the chief
executive. Current as at [Not applicable]
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288 Terminating appointment
(1) The chief
executive may
terminate an
official visitor’s
appointment if the official visitor—
(a) is convicted of an indictable offence;
or (b) fails to perform the functions of an
official visitor under this Act; or (c)
while acting
as an official
visitor, solicits
business or
otherwise fails to act properly in a matter
in which the official visitor’s
personal interest
conflicts with
the public interest; or
(d) does anything
else the
chief executive
reasonably considers
is adequate justification for
terminating the
appointment. (2)
An
official visitor may resign by signed notice given to the
chief executive. 289
Prisoner’s request to see official
visitor (1) If a prisoner indicates to a
corrective services officer that the prisoner wants
to see an official visitor, the corrective services
officer must— (a)
record the fact in an official visitor
register; and (b) advise an
official visitor
of the fact
when the
official visitor next
visits the corrective services facility. (2)
A
prisoner is not required, and must not
be asked, to tell a corrective
services officer why the prisoner wants to see an
official visitor. 290
Official visitor’s function
(1) An official
visitor must
investigate a
complaint made
by a prisoner, but
only if the complaint is— (a) made by a
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(b) about an act or omission of any of the
following relating to the prisoner, whether the act was done or
omission made before
or after the
commencement of
this section—
(i) the chief executive;
(ii) a
person purportedly performing a
function, or
exercising a power, of the chief
executive; (iii) a corrective
services officer. (2) However, an official visitor must not
investigate a complaint if— (a)
it involves a
matter that
is
currently before a
court or
tribunal; or (b)
it can be
more appropriately dealt
with by
another person or
agency; or (c) it is made by a prisoner with whom the
official visitor had a prior personal or professional
relationship; or (d) the official
visitor’s personal
interest in
the prisoner conflicts with
the public interest; or (e) the
official visitor
reasonably suspects
the complaint involves
or may involve
corrupt conduct,
unless the
chief executive has advised the official
visitor that— (i) the complaint has been referred to the
Crime and Corruption Commission; and
(ii) the
Crime and
Corruption Commission’s chairperson has
advised the chief executive that the commission does
not intend to
investigate the
complaint; or (f)
the
official visitor reasonably believes the complaint is
frivolous or vexatious. (3)
An
official visitor must act impartially when investigating a
complaint. Current as at
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(4) An official
visitor may
arrange for
another official
visitor assigned to the
same corrective services facility to investigate
a
complaint if— (a) the other official visitor agrees;
and (b) the prisoner
is not significantly prejudiced by
a delay because of the
arrangement. (5) After investigating a complaint, an
official visitor— (a) may make a recommendation to the chief
executive; and (b) must advise the prisoner—
(i) whether the
official visitor
has made a
recommendation to the chief executive;
and (ii) if a
recommendation has been made—the terms of the
recommendation, without
disclosing confidential
information. (6) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that— (a) the chief executive is not bound by an
official visitor’s recommendation; and (b)
an official visitor
can not overrule
a decision about
which a complaint has been made.
291 Official visitor powers
(1) An official
visitor assigned
to a corrective services
facility may—
(a) enter the facility at any time, except
when a declaration of emergency is
in force for
the facility under
section 268; and (b)
on request, have
access to
a place where
the official visitor
may interview a
prisoner out
of the hearing
of other persons; and (c)
inspect and
copy, at
the facility, any
document kept
under this Act relating to a complaint the
official visitor is investigating, other than a document to
which legal professional privilege attaches.
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216 Current as at [Not applicable]
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(2) The chief executive must give an
official visitor reasonable help to exercise
a power given to the official visitor under this
Act. Not authorised
—indicative only
292 Official visitor reports
An
official visitor must give to the chief executive—
(a) if asked by the chief executive, a
written report about an investigation; and (b)
each month,
a written report
summarising the
number and
types of
complaints the
official visitor
has investigated. Part 7
Elders, respected persons and
spiritual healers 293
Appointing elders, respected persons and
spiritual healers The
chief executive
may appoint an
Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander
elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer for a
corrective services facility. Part 8
Inspectors Division 1
Appointment 294
Appointing inspectors generally
(1) The chief
executive may
appoint an
appropriately qualified
person as an inspector. (2)
The
function of an inspector is— (a)
to
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(b) to inspect
a corrective services
facility or
a probation and parole
office; or (c) to review the operations of a
corrective services facility or a probation
and parole office; or (d) to review
services offered at a corrective services facility
or a
probation and parole office. 295
Appointing inspectors for an incident
(1) For each incident, the chief executive
must appoint at least 2 inspectors. (2)
At
least 1 of the inspectors must be— (a)
a
person who is not an employee of— (i)
the
department; or (ii) an
engaged service
provider that
administers the
corrective services
facility at
which the
incident happened;
and (b) if the
incident involves
an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander prisoner—an Aboriginal or
Torres Strait
Islander person. (3)
However, the chief executive need not
appoint inspectors to investigate an incident if the
incident is being investigated by an officer of a
law enforcement agency. 296 Appointing chief
inspector (1) The chief executive may appoint an
inspector who is a public service officer to be the chief
inspector. (2) In addition to the functions of an
inspector, the chief inspector has the function
to coordinate— (a) the official visitor scheme
established for this Act; and (b)
inspections and reviews mentioned in section
294(2). Page 218 Current as at
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297 Appointment conditions and limit on
powers (1) An inspector holds office on any
conditions stated in— (a) the inspector’s
instrument of appointment; or (b)
a
signed notice given to the inspector; or (c)
a
regulation. (2) An inspector who is not a public
service officer is entitled to the
remuneration, allowances and expenses approved by the
chief executive. (3)
The
instrument of appointment, a signed notice given to the
inspector or
a regulation may
limit the
inspector’s powers
under this Act. (4)
In
this section— signed notice means a notice
signed by the chief executive. 298
Issue
of identity card (1) The chief
executive must
issue an
identity card
to each inspector. (2)
The
identity card must— (a) contain a recent photo of the
inspector; and (b) contain a copy of the inspector’s
signature; and (c) identify the person as an inspector
under this Act; and (d) state an expiry date for the
card. (3) This section
does not
prevent the
issue of
a single identity
card
to a person for this Act and other purposes. 299
Production or display of identity
card (1) In exercising a power under this Act
in relation to a person, an inspector
must— (a) produce the
inspector’s identity
card for
the person’s inspection
before exercising the power; or Current as at
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(b) have the identity card displayed so it
is clearly visible to the person when exercising the
power. (2) However, if it is not practicable to
comply with subsection (1), the inspector
must produce the identity card for the person’s inspection at
the first reasonable opportunity. 300
When
inspector ceases to hold office (1)
An inspector ceases
to hold office
if any of
the following happens—
(a) the term of office stated in a
condition of office ends; (b) under another
condition of office, the inspector ceases to hold
office; (c) the inspector’s resignation under
section 301 takes
effect. (2)
Subsection (1) does not limit the ways an
inspector may cease to hold office. (3)
In
this section— condition of office means a
condition on which the inspector holds
office. 301 Resignation An inspector may
resign by signed notice given to the chief executive. 302
Return of identity card A
person who
ceases to
be an inspector
must return
the person’s identity card to the chief
executive within 14 days after ceasing
to be an
inspector, unless
the person has
a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty—10 penalty units. Page 220 Current as at
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Chapter 6 Administration [s 303]
303 Inspector’s powers generally
(1) For performing a
function mentioned
in section 294(2), an
inspector may— (a)
enter— (i)
a corrective services
facility at
any time, except
when
a declaration of emergency is in force for the facility under
section 268; or (ii) a probation and
parole office at any time; or (b)
interview any prisoner or staff member;
or (c) on request,
have access
to a place
in a corrective services
facility or probation and parole office where the
inspector may interview a prisoner or staff
member out of the hearing of other persons; or
(d) inspect and
copy any
document kept
at a corrective services
facility or
probation and
parole office
that is
relevant to
the performance by
the inspector of
the function for
which the
inspector was
appointed, other
than a
document to
which legal
professional privilege
attaches. (2)
A corrective services
officer must
give the
inspector reasonable help
to exercise a
power given
to the inspector
under this Act. 304
Inspector’s power to require
information (1) This section applies if an inspector
investigating an incident reasonably believes a person
performing a function under this Act may be able
to give information about the incident. (2)
The inspector may
require the
person to
give information about the
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(3) When making the requirement, the
inspector must warn the person it
is an offence
for the person
not to give
the information, unless the person has a
reasonable excuse. (4) The person must give the information,
unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty—40 penalty
units or
6 months imprisonment. (5)
It
is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to give the
information if
giving the
information might
tend to
incriminate the individual.
305 Inspectors’ reports
(1) The inspectors appointed to
investigate an incident must give a written report
to the chief executive stating the result of the
investigation and any
recommendations. (2) An inspector
appointed to
carry out
an inspection, or
to conduct a
review, mentioned
in section 294(2) must
give a
written report to the chief executive
stating the result of the inspection or review and any
recommendations. Part 9 Volunteers 306
Authorising volunteer (1)
The chief executive
may, in
writing, authorise
a person (a
volunteer ) to
perform— (a) unpaid work for the welfare of
prisoners; or (b) unpaid supervision of
offenders who
are subject to
community based orders. (2)
A volunteer must
comply with
any condition stated
in the authorisation and
with any
direction given
by the chief
executive for
the security or
good order
of the corrective services
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(3) A volunteer is entitled to the payment
of expenses approved by the chief executive.
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Part
10 Prisoners of a court 307
Prisoner in proper officer of a court’s
custody (1) A person
who is required
by law to
surrender himself
or herself into the custody of a court
must do so by surrendering himself or herself into the custody of
the proper officer of the court. (2)
A
person who surrenders himself or herself into the custody of
a court is
in the custody
of the proper
officer of
the court until—
(a) released on bail; or
(b) discharged from lawful custody;
or (c) otherwise dealt with as the court
directs. 308 Powers of proper officer of a
court (1) The proper officer of a court has, in
relation to a prisoner of the court
or a person
mentioned in
section 310(1), all
the powers of the chief executive under
this Act, in relation to a prisoner, that
are necessary for
the discharge of
the proper officer’s
functions. (2) To help
the proper officer
of the court
perform the
proper officer’s
functions, the proper officer may ask— (a)
the chief executive
to provide corrective services
officers; and (b)
the
commissioner to provide police officers. (3)
The
chief executive or commissioner must comply with the
request. (4)
In
helping the proper officer of the court, a corrective
services officer may— Current as at
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(a) use the
force the
corrective services
officer may
use under chapter 3, part 5 as if the
prisoner of the court or person mentioned in subsection (1)
were a prisoner; and (b) give
a direction to
the prisoner of
the court or
person that
the corrective services
officer may
give under
chapter 2, part 2, division 1 as if the
prisoner of the court or person were a prisoner; and
(c) conduct a search of the prisoner of
the court or person under chapter 2, part 2, division 3 as if an
order of the proper officer
for the searching
of the prisoner
of the court or person
were an order of the chief executive. (5)
Subsection (4) does not limit the help the
corrective services officer may give to the proper officer of
the court to perform the proper officer’s functions.
309 Delegation of powers of proper officer
of a court The proper officer of a court may delegate
the proper officer’s functions or
powers under
this Act
to an appropriately qualified
person. 310 Court cells (1)
A
person who is not a prisoner of a court may be detained in a
court cell if the person is lawfully in
custody to attend before a court or another entity.
(2) While detained in the court cell, the
person is in the custody of the proper
officer of the court where the court cell is located.
(3) The proper
officer of
the court is
responsible for
the management, security and good order of
the court cell, despite anything in the State Buildings
Protective Security Act 1983 .
(4) In this section— court
cell means a place attached to or near a court
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(b) is used
for detaining prisoners
of the court
and other persons.
Part
11 Property Division 1
Prisoner’s money 311
Prisoners trust fund (1)
The
chief executive must keep a trust fund called the prisoners
trust fund. (2)
The
prisoners trust fund is to consist of an account for each
prisoner for
whom an
amount is
received by
the chief executive. (3)
Subject to section 311A, all amounts
received for a prisoner by the chief executive must be paid
into the prisoner’s account in the prisoners
trust fund. (4) If the public trustee is managing the
prisoner’s estate and the public trustee asks for the payment,
the chief executive must pay the amount in the prisoner’s
account to the public trustee. (5)
A
prisoner may, with the chief executive’s approval, spend an
amount that is in the prisoner’s
account. (6) The chief executive may limit any or
all of the following— (a) the amount that
may be received as a single receipt for a prisoner;
(b) the amount that may be held in a
prisoner’s account in the prisoners trust fund;
(c) the amount a prisoner may
spend. (7) When a prisoner is discharged or
released, the chief executive must pay the
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311A Dealing with amounts received for
prisoners in particular cases (1)
This
section applies if the chief executive receives an amount
for
a prisoner and any of the following apply— (a)
the
chief executive is not satisfied that the donor of the
amount is sufficiently identified;
(b) the amount is more than the allowable
receipt amount; (c) payment of
the amount into
the prisoner’s account
would result in the balance of that account
being more than the allowable balance.
(2) The chief executive must return the
amount to its donor. (3) If, despite
making reasonable efforts, the chief executive can
not
return the amount to its donor, the chief executive must, as
the
chief executive considers appropriate— (a)
pay
the amount to an entity nominated by the prisoner;
or (b) keep
the amount in
the prisoner’s account
until the
prisoner is discharged or released.
(4) To remove any doubt, the prisoner can
not access an amount held in the prisoner’s account under
subsection (3)(b). (5) In this section— allowable
balance ,
for a prisoner’s account,
means the
amount allowed under section
311(6)(b). allowable receipt
amount means
the amount allowed
for a single receipt
for a prisoner under section 311(6)(a). donor
, of
an amount received for a prisoner, means the person
from
whom the amount is received. prisoner’s account
, for a
prisoner, means
the prisoner’s account
mentioned in section 311(2). Page 226
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312 Trust account records
The
chief executive must keep records of the administration of
each
prisoner’s account, noting each payment to the account
and
each deduction from the account. Not
authorised —indicative only
313 Payments to prisoner’s account
The chief executive
may pay an
amount into
a prisoner’s account for the
following purposes— (a) allowances for basic amenities;
(b) another purpose prescribed under a
regulation. 314 Deductions from prisoner’s
account The chief executive may deduct an amount
from a prisoner’s account for the following purposes—
(a) if the
prisoner asks,
to help the
prisoner to
attend an
approved activity, course or program or for
a leave of absence; (b)
to
reimburse the chief executive for any payments made
to help the
prisoner to
attend an
approved activity,
course or program or for a leave of
absence; (c) to reimburse the chief executive for
the cost of replacing or repairing any property the prisoner
wilfully damaged or destroyed during the commission
of— (i) an offence
against this
Act or a
breach of
discipline; or (ii)
an
offence for which the prisoner is convicted, if the
reimbursement is
in accordance with
a court order under
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
; (d) to buy or rent
goods for the prisoner, at the prisoner’s request;
(e) to pay
for, or
contribute to
the cost of,
the prisoner’s travel
on discharge or
release from
the corrective services
facility; Current as at [Not applicable]
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(f) another purpose prescribed under a
regulation. Not authorised —indicative
only 315 Investment of
prisoners trust fund (1) The chief
executive may invest amounts held in the prisoners
trust fund in a financial
institution. (2) The chief
executive must
apply any
interest earned
on the investment for
the general benefit
of prisoners and
report annually to the
Minister on the application of the interest. 316
Remuneration for prisoner
(1) The chief executive may approve an
activity or program to be an activity or program for which
remuneration, at rates set by the chief
executive, may be paid to a prisoner. (2)
The chief executive
must review
the remuneration rates
at least once every year.
(3) The chief
executive may
withhold remuneration from
a prisoner who— (a)
has
not diligently undertaken the activity or program; or
(b) refuses to participate in an activity
or program for which an approval has been given under
subsection (1). Division 2 Other property
of prisoner 317 Bringing property into corrective
services facility (1) The chief executive may allow property
to be brought into a corrective services
facility for
a prisoner (the
prisoner’s property
). (2) However,
the chief executive
may impose conditions about
the
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(c) that the property be stored by the
chief executive in safe custody until the prisoner’s release
from custody. (3) The prisoner must pay any costs
incurred in deciding whether the prisoner’s
property is safe for use. (4) If the prisoner
fails to pay the costs, the chief executive may refuse to allow
the prisoner’s property to enter the corrective services
facility. (5) A regulation may be made about the
property that a prisoner may keep
in a corrective services
facility, including, for
example, the amount of property a prisoner
may keep. (6) The chief
executive must
keep a
record describing the
property brought into the corrective
services facility for each prisoner. 318
Dealing with property if prisoner
escapes (1) If a
prisoner escapes,
the prisoner’s property
kept in
a corrective services facility is taken
to have been abandoned, and is forfeited to the State.
(2) The chief executive may dispose of, or
destroy, the property. Part 12 Compensation 319
Compensation for lost or damaged
property (1) A person may claim compensation from
the State if, when the person was
in the chief
executive’s custody,
the person’s property was
lost or damaged while— (a) stored by the
chief executive; or (b) being transported by
the chief executive
between corrective
services facilities. (2) The person may
apply to the chief executive for payment of an amount by the
State for the loss or damage. (3)
The
application is to be decided by the chief executive.
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(4) The chief executive may approve the
payment of an amount if satisfied the payment is justified in
the circumstances. (5) In this section— property
means property recorded under section
317(6). Part 12A Discrimination
complaints Division 1 Preliminary 319A
Definitions In this
part— protected defendant means—
(a) the State, but only in relation to a
matter arising out of the administration of this Act;
or (b) an engaged service provider; or
(c) a community service supervisor;
or (d) an entity
employed or
engaged under
this Act
whose functions
include rehabilitating offenders; or (e)
an entity that
is joined in
a proceeding about
a contravention of
the Anti-Discrimination
Act brought by an offender
against an entity mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c),
(d) or (f); or (f) an individual employed
or engaged by
an entity mentioned in
paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e). relevant
person means a person mentioned in section
134(1) or (3) of the Anti-Discrimination
Act. Editor’s note— Anti-Discrimination Act, section 134 (Who
may complain) tribunal means
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319B Purpose of part and its
achievement (1) The purpose of this part is to
maintain a balance between— (a)
the financial and
other constraints to
which protected
defendants are
subject in
their treatment
of offenders; and
(b) the need to continue to respect
offenders’ dignity. (2) The purpose is achieved primarily
by— (a) requiring offenders
to use internal
complaints procedures
provided by the department for complaining about
an alleged contravention of
the Anti-Discrimination Act before
complaining under that Act about a contravention; and
(b) modifying the Anti-Discrimination
Act’s application to the treatment of offenders by
protected defendants. 319C Relationship with
Anti-Discrimination Act This part applies despite the
Anti-Discrimination Act. Division 2 Restrictions on
complaints 319D No property or interest in right of
complaint (1) Nothing in this part prevents a
relevant person complaining to the
anti-discrimination commissioner under
the Anti-Discrimination
Act, section
134 about an
alleged contravention of
that Act committed by a protected defendant against an
offender. (2) However, the offender has no property
or interest in the right of complaint. (3)
Subsection (1) applies subject to sections
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319E Complaint to chief executive required
first (1) A relevant person can not complain to
the anti-discrimination commissioner under the
Anti-Discrimination Act, section 134 about
an alleged contravention of
that Act
committed by
a protected defendant against an
offender until— (a) if the
offender was
detained in
a corrective services
facility when
the alleged contravention happened—at least
4 months after
the offender makes
a written complaint about
the alleged contravention to the chief executive
at the corrective services
facility where
the offender was detained; or
(b) if the offender was not detained in a
corrective services facility when
the alleged contravention happened—at least
4 months after
the offender makes
a written complaint about
the alleged contravention to the chief executive at the
probation and parole office where the offender was
required to report to a corrective services officer.
(2) However, subsection
(1) does not
apply if
the offender is
notified in
writing by
the chief executive
that the
chief executive has
finished dealing with the offender’s complaint. (3)
Subsection (1)(a) applies subject to section
319F. 319F Complaint to official visitor required
first (1) This section applies in relation to an
offender mentioned in section 319E(1)(a) who
is still detained
in a corrective services
facility at the earlier of the following— (a)
the
day the offender is notified in writing by the chief
executive that the chief executive has
finished dealing with the offender’s complaint under that
section; (b) the day
that is
4 months after
the offender makes
a written complaint
to the chief
executive under
that section.
(2) A relevant person can not complain to
the anti-discrimination commissioner under the
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about an
alleged contravention of
that Act
committed by
a protected defendant against the
offender until at least 1 month after
the offender makes
a written complaint
under section
290(1) to an official
visitor about
the alleged contravention. (3)
However, subsection
(2) does not
apply if
the offender is
notified in writing by the official visitor
that the official visitor has finished dealing with the
offender’s complaint. Division 3 Modifications 319G
When
treatment of offender by protected defendant is not
direct discrimination (1)
This section
applies if
a protected defendant
treats, or
proposes to treat, an offender with an
attribute less favourably than another offender without the
attribute in circumstances that are the same or not materially
different. (2) For the
Anti-Discrimination Act,
section 10 the
protected defendant does
not directly discriminate against the offender if the
treatment, or proposed treatment, is reasonable.
(3) In considering whether the treatment,
or proposed treatment, is reasonable, the
tribunal must
consider any
relevant submissions made
about any of the following— (a)
the
security and good order of any corrective services
facility in
which the
offender was
detained when
the protected defendant
treated, or
proposed to
treat, the
offender less favourably;
(b) the cost
to the protected
defendant of
providing alternative
treatment; (c) the administrative and operational
burden that providing alternative treatment
might place
on the protected
defendant; (d)
the
disruption to the protected defendant that providing
alternative treatment might cause;
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(e) the budget constraints of the
protected defendant; (f) the resources
constraints of the protected defendant; (g)
whether the
treatment, or
proposed treatment, adequately meets
the needs of
the offender, notwithstanding
the availability of alternative treatment that more
ideally meets the needs of the offender; (h)
the
need to respect offenders’ dignity; (i)
whether the
treatment, or
proposed treatment, unfairly
prejudices other offenders;
(j) any other matter the tribunal
considers relevant. (4) In a case involving an allegation of
direct discrimination by an offender
against a
protected defendant, the
protected defendant must
prove, on the balance of probabilities, that the
treatment, or proposed treatment, is
reasonable. 319H When term imposed on offender by
protected defendant is not indirect discrimination
(1) This section
applies if
a protected defendant
imposes, or
proposes to impose, a term—
(a) with which an offender with an
attribute does not or is not able to comply; and
(b) with which a higher proportion of
offenders without the attribute comply or are able to
comply. (2) In considering whether
for the Anti-Discrimination Act,
section 11(1)(c) the
term is
reasonable, the
tribunal must
consider any
relevant submissions made
about any
of the following— (a)
the
security and good order of any corrective services
facility in
which the
offender was
detained when
the protected defendant
imposed, or
proposed to
impose, the term;
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(c) the administrative and operational
burden that imposing an alternative term
might place
on the protected
defendant; (d)
the
disruption to the protected defendant that imposing
an
alternative term might cause; (e)
the
budget constraints of the protected defendant; (f)
the
resources constraints of the protected defendant;
(g) whether the
imposing of,
or proposal to
impose, the
term adequately meets
the needs of
the offender, notwithstanding the
availability of
an alternative term
that
more ideally meets the needs of the offender; (h)
the
need to respect offenders’ dignity; (i)
whether the
imposing of,
or proposal to
impose, the
term
unfairly prejudices other offenders; (j)
any
other matter the tribunal considers relevant. (3)
In
this section— term includes
condition, requirement or practice, whether or not
written. 319I Restrictions on tribunal compensation
orders (1) This section
applies if
the tribunal decides
a protected defendant
contravened the Anti-Discrimination Act in relation
to
an offender. (2) The tribunal may make a compensation
order only if it— (a) finds that the contravention happened
because of an act or omission done or made in bad faith;
and (b) considers that
no non-compensatory order
effectively redresses the
offender for the contravention. (3)
If
the tribunal decides to make a compensation order, it must
give
the protected defendant and the offender written reasons
that no
non-compensatory order
effectively redresses
the offender for the contravention.
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(4) Also, if the tribunal decides to make
a compensation order— (a) the tribunal can
not require that payment of an amount of
compensation, or
interest on
an amount of
compensation, be paid directly to the
offender; and (b) the order has effect as an award of
compensation only for part 12B; and (c)
the offender has
no property or
interest in
the compensation. (5)
In
this section— compensation order
means an
order under
the Anti-Discrimination Act, section
209(1)(b). non-compensatory order
means an
order under
the Anti-Discrimination
Act, section
209(1) other than
a compensation order.
Part
12B Victim trust funds Division 1
Preliminary 319J
Definitions In this
part— award of compensation , in relation to
a person, means— (a) an amount of compensation (including
any interest on the amount), that has been finally decided,
in relation to the person under
the Anti-Discrimination
Act, section
209(1)(b) or (g) for a contravention of that Act
committed by
a protected defendant
while the
person was an offender;
or (b) an obligation to
pay an amount
of compensation in
relation to the person under an agreement
between the person and a protected defendant relating to
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contravention of
that Act
committed by
the protected defendant
against the
person while
the person was
an offender. award of
damages , in relation to a person, means—
(a) an award of damages (including any
interest), that has been finally decided, in relation to the
person by a court for a civil
wrong committed
by a protected
defendant against the
person while the person was an offender; or (b)
an
obligation to pay damages in relation to the person
under an agreement between the person and a
protected defendant relating
to a cause
of action by
the person against
the protected defendant
for a civil
wrong committed by the
protected defendant against the person while the person
was an offender. child support
registrar means
the child support
registrar under
the Child Support
(Registration and
Collection) Act
1988 (Cwlth), section
10. collection entity means—
(a) the chief
executive of
the department in
which the
Victims of Crime Assistance Act is
administered; or (b) the SPER registrar; or
(c) the child support registrar.
disbursements includes
outlays. eligible entity claim see section
319ZC(3). eligible victim claim see section
319X(3). entity claim see section
319Z. finally decided , for an award
of compensation or an award of damages,
means— (a) that the
period for
appealing against
the award has
ended and no appeal has been made; or
(b) that all appeals against the award
have been withdrawn or finally decided. Current as at
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potential claimant
, for the
chief executive, means
a person who,
from documents
held by
the chief executive
or made available to the
chief executive under section 319U in relation to offences
committed or allegedly committed by the person in relation to
whom the relevant award was made, appears to have a victim
claim against the person in relation to whom the
relevant award was made. relevant
award ,
for a provision
about a
victim trust
fund, means the award
of relevant money that forms the fund. relevant
money , awarded in relation to a person,
means— (a) an award of damages in relation to the
person against a protected defendant; or (b)
an award of
compensation in
relation to
the person against a
protected defendant. SPER means the
registry established under the State
Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 , part 2.
SPER
registrar means the registrar of SPER under the
State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999 , section 10. victim
claim see section 319S(1). victim trust
fund means the following— (a)
a
victim trust fund mentioned in section 319N(2); (b)
in relation to
relevant money—the
victim trust
fund formed by the
money. 319K Relationship between divs 2 to 4 and
div 5 Divisions 2 to 4 are subject to division
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Services Act 2006 Chapter 6 Administration [s 319L]
Restrictions on causes of action
and
agreements Not authorised —indicative only
319L No property or interest in causes of
action (1) This section applies if a protected
defendant commits a civil wrong against a person while the
person is an offender. (2) The person may
bring a proceeding in a court in relation to the
civil wrong. (3)
However, the person has no property or
interest in— (a) a cause of action for the civil wrong;
or (b) any relevant money awarded in a
proceeding mentioned in subsection (2). (4)
If,
in the proceeding, the person establishes the liability of
the protected defendant for the civil wrong, the
court— (a) may order the protected defendant to
pay damages for harm or
injury suffered
by the person
because of
the civil wrong; and (b)
must order
that the
damages be
dealt with
under this
part. (5)
The Civil Liability
Act 2003 and
the Personal Injuries
Proceedings Act 2002 apply to the
proceeding. 319M No property or interest under
agreements (1) This section
applies if
a protected defendant
enters into
an agreement with a person about the
liability of the protected defendant to
pay an amount
of damages or
compensation, however
described, in relation to a civil wrong committed by
the
protected defendant against the person while the person
was
an offender. (2) The agreement contains the following
implied terms— (a) the damages or compensation that must
be paid by the protected defendant must be dealt with under
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(b) the person has no property or interest
in the damages or compensation. (3)
An
agreement between the protected defendant and the person
to deal with
the amount of
damages or
compensation other
than
as provided by this part is void. (4)
In
this section— damages or
compensation includes
any interest payable
on the damages or compensation.
Division 3 Establishment of
victim trust fund 319N Relevant money held in trust in a
victim trust fund (1) Relevant money awarded in relation to
a person— (a) is held in trust by the protected
defendant liable to pay the relevant money for the payment of
the following— (i) any awards
on eligible victim
claims against
the person; (ii)
any amounts of
eligible entity
claims against
the person; and (b)
may
be paid out only as allowed under this part. (2)
Relevant money held by a protected defendant
in trust under this part forms a fund (a
victim trust fund ).
(3) This section
is subject to
any Act of
the State or
the Commonwealth requiring the protected
defendant to pay the relevant money to someone else.
Note— Section 319ZG
also provides an exception to this section for medical
expenses. Section 319ZH provides an
exception for legal costs. 319O Chief executive
to be notified of victim trust fund (1)
This section
applies to
the following protected
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(a) a protected
defendant mentioned
in section 319A, definition protected
defendant ,
paragraph (a)
if the protected
defendant’s liability
to pay the
award of
relevant money arose because of an act or
omission of an individual who
is not employed
or engaged by
the department; (b)
a
prescribed protected defendant. (2)
The protected defendant
must, as
soon as
reasonably practicable but
at least within 7 days after the relevant money is awarded, give
the chief executive a written notice stating— (a)
the
name of the person in relation to whom the award
was
made; and (b) the date the award was made;
and (c) the amount of the award; and
(d) the date
the victim trust
fund was
transferred, or
is intended to be transferred, to the
public trustee. Maximum penalty
for a prescribed protected
defendant—2 penalty
units. (3) In this section— prescribed
protected defendant means— (a)
a protected defendant
mentioned in
section 319A, definition protected
defendant , paragraph (b) to (e); or
(b) a protected
defendant mentioned
in section 319A, definition protected
defendant , paragraph (f) who is an
individual employed
or engaged by
a protected defendant
mentioned in paragraph (a). 319P Victim trust fund
to be transferred to public trustee (1)
A protected defendant
liable to
pay an award
of relevant money must
transfer the victim trust fund to the public trustee
within 1 month after the protected
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(a) knows the amount of the relevant money
that is required by an Act of the State or the Commonwealth
to be paid to someone else; or (b)
is
satisfied that none of the relevant money is required
by
an Act of the State or the Commonwealth to be paid
to
someone else. Maximum penalty
for a prescribed protected
defendant—2 penalty
units. (2) The public trustee must—
(a) hold the victim trust fund under this
part; and (b) pay an
amount out
of the victim
trust fund
only as
allowed under this part. (3)
Interest or other money received or realised
on the investment of the victim trust fund is payable
to and forms
part of
the victim trust fund. (4)
In
this section— prescribed protected defendant
means— (a)
a protected defendant
mentioned in
section 319A, definition protected
defendant , paragraph (b) to (e); or
(b) a protected
defendant mentioned
in section 319A, definition protected
defendant , paragraph (f) who is an
individual employed
or engaged by
a protected defendant
mentioned in paragraph (a). 319Q Discharge of
protected defendant (1) The public trustee must give the
protected defendant a receipt for a victim
trust fund transferred to the public trustee under
section 319P within 14 days after the public
trustee receives the fund. (2)
The
receipt is sufficient discharge to the protected defendant
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trust fund
or liable for
the application, distribution or
appropriation of the victim trust
fund. (3) The public trustee must give a copy of
the receipt to the chief executive at
the same time
the public trustee
gives the
protected defendant the receipt.
319R Relevant money to form a separate
victim trust fund (1) If relevant money is awarded in
relation to a person more than once, each award
forms a separate victim trust fund. (2)
This
part must be complied with for each of the victim trust
funds. Example—
If
relevant money is awarded in relation to a person on 1 January and
1 October, the relevant money awarded on each
occasion forms a separate victim trust
fund. The
notification requirements under
section 319T must be complied
with for each of the funds. Division 4
Distribution of victim trust fund
Subdivision 1 Victim
claims 319S What is a victim
claim (1) A person has a claim (a
victim claim ) against
someone else (the relevant
person )
if the person
has a cause
of action against the
relevant person for an injury to the person caused
by
the conduct of the relevant person that, on the balance of
probabilities, constitutes an
offence. (2) Subsection (1) applies—
(a) whether or not the relevant person is
prosecuted for, or convicted of, an offence in relation to the
conduct; and (b) even if
the relevant person
is found to
have been
suffering from
unsoundness of
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relation to
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conduct, or unfit for trial, under
the Mental Health Act 2016
,
chapter 5, part 3. (3) In this section— injury
includes fatal injury. Note—
See
the Succession Act 1981 , section 66
(Survival of actions). 319T Notice to
potential claimants (1) The chief executive must, within 1
month after receiving the copy of the receipt mentioned in
section 319Q(3), give each potential claimant a written notice
stating— (a) the name
of the person
in relation to
whom relevant
money has been awarded (the
relevant person ); and
(b) that there is a victim trust fund;
and (c) that the
potential claimant
may have a
victim claim
against the
relevant person
and that the
victim claim
may
be payable from the victim trust fund; and (d)
the
period within which the potential claimant must start
a proceeding in
a court on
a victim claim
to have an
eligible victim claim against the relevant
person; and (e) the other steps the potential claimant
must take for the potential claimant
to have an
eligible victim
claim against the
relevant person. (2) The chief
executive is
taken to
have complied
with subsection (1)
if the chief executive— (a) gives a written
notice to each potential claimant at the address of the
potential claimant last known to the chief executive;
or (b) publishes a
notice in
the gazette containing the
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319U Identification of potential
claimants (1) The chief executive may consult with
the following persons for the purpose of identifying
potential claimants for a victim trust
fund— (a) the commissioner of the police
service; (b) the director of public
prosecutions; (c) the chief
executive of
the department in
which the
Victims of Crime Assistance Act is
administered. (2) The disclosure of
information by
the director of
public prosecutions for
the purpose mentioned in subsection (1) is a disclosure under
an Act for
the Director of
Public Prosecutions Act
1984 , section 24A. (3)
The disclosure of
information by
the commissioner of
the police service for the purpose
mentioned in subsection (1) is an
authorised or
permitted disclosure under
an Act for
the Police Service Administration Act
1990 , section 10.1. (4)
The disclosure of
information by
the chief executive
of the department in
which the Victims of Crime Assistance Act is administered for
the purpose mentioned
in subsection (1) is
authorised despite any other Act or
law. (5) If the
chief executive
is satisfied there
are no potential
claimants for a victim trust fund, the chief
executive must, as soon as
reasonably practicable after
being so
satisfied, give
written notice of that fact to the public
trustee. 319V Giving of information to potential
claimants (1) The chief executive must, in response
to a request made by a potential claimant and as soon as
reasonably practicable after the
request is
received, give
the potential claimant
the information the
chief executive
is reasonably able
to give about—
(a) the relevant award; and
(b) the amount of the victim trust fund;
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(c) any other victim claims against the
person in relation to whom the
relevant money
was awarded that
may be payable
from the
victim trust
fund and
of which the
chief executive
has been given
notice under
section 319X(5). (2)
The
giving of information under subsection (1)— (a)
is
allowed despite an agreement to which the protected
defendant liable to pay the relevant award
is a party that would otherwise
prohibit or
restrict the
disclosure of
information about the relevant award;
and (b) is not a contravention of the
agreement. (3) However, the giving of information
under subsection (1) must not include the giving of someone
else’s personal information, unless that
person has given written consent to its giving. (4)
A potential claimant
to whom information is
given under
subsection (1) must not disclose the
information to someone else other than— (a)
for the purpose
of obtaining legal
advice or
representation, or for a proceeding,
relating to a victim claim by
the potential claimant
against the
person in
relation to whom the relevant money was
awarded; or (b) as required by law; or
(c) for information that is personal
information of someone else—with the consent of that
person. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(5) In this section— personal
information , of a person, means the person’s
name and address, or other information that may
identify the person. 319W Starting of victim claims proceedings
despite expiry of limitation period (1)
If relevant money
is awarded in
relation to
a person (the
relevant person
), an action
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(a) by a proceeding started within 6
months after the chief executive gives
the written notice
as mentioned in
section 319T(1); and (b)
despite the Limitation of
Actions Act 1974 , section 11. Note—
See section 478E about
the application of
this part
to civil wrongs
committed before the commencement of that
section. (2) However, an award of damages in a
proceeding brought under this section— (a)
has
effect only to allow the payment under section 319Y
of
all or part of those damages out of the victim trust
fund; and (b)
can not otherwise
be enforced against
the relevant person or the
relevant person’s property. 319X Notifying victim
claims (1) This section
applies if
a person has
a victim claim
against someone
else in
relation to
whom relevant
money was
awarded (the relevant
person ) and the person either— (a)
started a proceeding in a court on the claim
against the relevant person before the award was made;
or Example for paragraph (a)—
The person started
a proceeding in
a court on
a claim for
personal injury against an offender 5 years
before the award of offender money in relation to the
offender. (b) starts a proceeding in a court on the
claim against the relevant person within 6 months after the
chief executive gives a written notice as mentioned in
section 319T(1). (2) The person may notify the public
trustee of the victim claim by giving the
public trustee— (a) written notice of the proceeding
within 6 months after the chief executive gives a written
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(b) the further
details of
the proceeding or
any award of
damages made in relation to the victim
claim, if any, that are reasonably requested by the public
trustee to enable the public trustee
to perform its
functions under
this part.
(3) A victim claim notified to the public
trustee as mentioned in subsection (2) is an
eligible victim claim .
(4) The public trustee may reject a victim
claim if the person fails to comply
with a
request for
further details
under subsection
(2)(b) without reasonable excuse. (5)
The
public trustee must give a copy of the written notice or the
further details
received under
subsection (2) to
the chief executive
within 14
days after
receiving the
notice or
the details. (6)
In
this section— written notice , of a
proceeding, means— (a) a certified copy of the notice given
under the Personal Injuries
Proceedings Act
2002 ,
section 9 for
the proceeding; or (b)
other written
evidence of
the proceeding that
satisfies the public
trustee that the proceeding has been started. 319Y
Payment of eligible victim claims from
victim trust fund (1) The public
trustee must
pay from a
victim trust
fund any
award on
an eligible victim
claim against
the person in
relation to whom the relevant award was made
(the relevant person
). Note— See also section
319ZK. (2) The payment
must be
made as
soon as
practicable after
all proceedings on
eligible victim
claims against
the relevant person
started before
the cut-off day
have been
finally decided.
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(3) For subsection (2), a proceeding on an
eligible victim claim against the
relevant person
is taken to
have been
finally decided if the
public trustee is satisfied that— (a)
the period for
appealing against
a decision awarding
damages made by a court in the proceeding
has ended and no appeal has been made; or
(b) all appeals against a decision
awarding damages made by a
court in
the proceeding have
been withdrawn
or finally decided; or
(c) no step has been taken in the
proceeding for 1 year from when the last step was taken in the
proceeding; or (d) the proceeding has been
discontinued. (4) If the amount of the victim trust fund
is not enough to pay all of the awards on eligible victim
claims against the relevant person,
the public trustee
must pay
each award
proportionately. (5)
Subject to an Act providing for the holding
of moneys on trust for a person
under a
legal disability, the
payments must
be made— (a)
to
the person named in the award; and (b)
to the extent
that the
award has
not been satisfied
by someone else. (6)
An award on
an eligible victim
claim against
the relevant person, to the
extent of any payment of the award under this section—
(a) is discharged; and (b)
can
not be enforced against the relevant person or any
other person. (7)
In
this section— award , on an eligible
victim claim against a relevant person, means—
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(a) an award of damages, that has been
finally decided, to a person by a court in a proceeding on
the eligible victim claim by the person against the relevant
person; or (b) an award
of damages to
a person under
an agreement between the
person and the relevant person relating to an
eligible victim
claim by
the person against
the relevant person. cut-off
day , for
starting a
proceeding on
an eligible victim
claim against the relevant person, means the
day after the last day on which
a proceeding may
be started for
section 319X(1)(b). Subdivision
2 Entity claims 319Z
What
is an entity claim (1)
The
chief executive of the department in which the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act
is administered has,
for the State,
a claim (an entity
claim ) against a person in relation to
whom relevant money is awarded (the
relevant person ) if—
(a) the State has paid an amount
under— (i) the repealed
Criminal Offence
Victims Act,
section 32, for a compensation order made,
under section 24 of that Act, against the relevant
person; or (ii) the
repealed Criminal
Offence Victims
Act, section 33, in
relation to an act committed by the relevant person;
or (iii) the
repealed Criminal
Offence Victims
Act, section 34, in
relation to— (A) an arrest, or attempted arrest, of the
relevant person; or (B)
a
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(iv) the
repealed Criminal
Offence Victims
Act, section
35, for an offence
of murder or
manslaughter committed by the relevant
person; or (v) the Criminal
Code, repealed
chapter 65A,
section 663C, in
relation to
an indictable offence
committed by the relevant person; or
(vi) the
Criminal Code,
repealed chapter
65A, section 663D, in
relation to— (A) an arrest, or attempted arrest, of the
relevant person; or (B)
a
prevention, or attempted prevention, of an offence
or suspected offence
committed by
the
relevant person; or (C) an act or omission of the relevant
person; or (D) an indictable offence allegedly
committed by the relevant person; and (b)
the
State has not recovered the amount in full from any
person. (1A)
In
subsection (1)— (a) a reference
to the repealed
Criminal Offence
Victims Act is a
reference to the Criminal Offence Victims Act
1995 , as in force
from time to time before its repeal, and includes
that Act
as it continues
to apply under
the Victims of Crime Assistance Act,
chapter 6, part 2; and (b) a reference to
the Criminal Code, repealed chapter 65A is a reference
to the Criminal Code, chapter 65A, as in force from time
to time before its repeal, and includes that chapter as
it continued to apply under the repealed Criminal
Offence Victims
Act 1995 ,
section 46(2) or
continues to
apply under
the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act,
chapter 6, part 2. (1B) The chief
executive of the department in which the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act
is administered has,
for the State,
a claim (
entity claim
) against a
person in
relation to
whom relevant money
is awarded (the relevant person ) if—
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only (a) an amount is
payable by the relevant person to the State under
the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act,
section 117(4); and (b)
the
State has not recovered the amount in full from any
person. (2)
The
SPER registrar has a claim (also an entity
claim ) against a person in
relation to whom relevant money is awarded (the relevant
person ) if— (a)
an amount is
payable by
the relevant person
to SPER under
the State Penalties
Enforcement Act
1999 or
another Act; and (b)
SPER has
not recovered the
amount in
full from
any person. (3)
The
child support registrar has a claim (also an entity
claim ) against a
person in
relation to
whom relevant
money is
awarded (the relevant
person ) if— (a)
the relevant person
owes a
child support
debt to
the Commonwealth; and (b)
the Commonwealth has
not recovered the
debt in
full from any
person. (4) In this section— child support
debt means— (a)
an amount that
is a debt
due to the
Commonwealth under
the Child Support
(Registration and
Collection) Act 1988
(Cwlth), section 30; or (b)
any amount payable
as a penalty
on an amount
mentioned in
paragraph (a)
under the
Child Support
(Registration and
Collection) Act
1988 (Cwlth),
section 67. Note—
The
chief executive of the department in which the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act
is administered, the
SPER registrar
and the child
support registrar
are all collection entities
for this part.
See section 319J. Page 252
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319ZA
Notice to collection entities of establishment of victim
trust
fund The chief executive
must, within
1 month after
relevant money
is awarded in
relation to
a person (the
relevant person
),
give each collection entity a written notice stating—
(a) the name of the relevant person;
and (b) that there is a victim trust fund;
and (c) that the
collection entity
may have an
entity claim
against the
relevant person
and that the
claim may
be payable from the victim trust fund;
and (d) that the
public trustee
will notify
the collection entity
under section
319ZB if there is
an amount left
in the victim
trust fund
available for
paying eligible
entity claims.
319ZB
Notice to collection entities if amount left in victim trust
fund (1)
The
public trustee must work out the amount, if any, left in a
victim trust
fund that
is available under
section 319ZD for
paying eligible entity claims at the
following time— (a) generally—within 1
month after
paying under
section 319Y all awards made on eligible
victim claims; (b) if the public trustee has received a
notice from the chief executive under section 319U(5)—within
1 month after receiving the notice. (2)
If there is
an amount left
in the victim
trust fund
that is
available under
section 319ZD for
paying eligible
entity claims, the
public trustee must, within 1 month after working
out the amount,
give each
collection entity
a written notice
stating— (a)
the name of
the person in
relation to
whom relevant
money was awarded (the relevant
person ); and (b)
the
amount left in the victim trust fund; and Current as at
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(c) that the
collection entity
may have an
entity claim
against the
relevant person
and that the
claim may
be payable from the victim trust fund;
and (d) the period within which the collection
entity must notify an amount of an entity claim to the public
trustee to have an eligible entity claim against the
relevant person; and (e) the
other steps
the collection entity
must take
for the collection
entity to have an eligible entity claim against the relevant
person. 319ZC Notifying entity claims
(1) This section applies if a collection
entity has an entity claim against a
person in
relation to
whom relevant
money was
awarded (the relevant
person ). (2) The
collection entity
may notify the
public trustee
of the entity claim by
giving the public trustee— (a) written notice
of the amount of the entity claim within 1 month
after the
collection entity
is notified under
section 319ZB(2); and (b)
evidence of the entity claim that reasonably
satisfies the public trustee that— (i)
the relevant person
is liable for
the entity claim;
and (ii) the amount
notified is accurate. (3) An entity claim
notified to the public trustee as mentioned in subsection (2)
is an eligible entity claim .
(4) The public trustee may reject an
entity claim if the collection entity
fails to
comply with
a request for
evidence under
subsection (2)(b) without reasonable
excuse. (5) The public trustee must give a copy of
the written notice or the evidence received under subsection (2)
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319ZD
Payment of eligible entity claims from victim trust fund
(1) The public trustee must pay from the
amount left in a victim trust fund, after paying under section
319Y all awards made on eligible victim claims in relation
to the victim trust fund, the amount of any eligible entity
claim against the person in relation to whom
relevant money was awarded (the relevant
person ).
Note— See also section
319ZK. (2) The payment
must be
made within
3 months after
giving notice under
section 319ZB(2). (3) The public trustee must pay the amount
of any eligible entity claims in the following order to the
extent of the amount left in the victim trust fund—
(a) eligible entity claims notified by the
chief executive of the department in
which the
Victims of
Crime Assistance Act
is administered; (b) eligible entity claims notified by the
SPER registrar; (c) eligible entity
claims notified
by the child
support registrar. (4)
An
eligible entity claim, to the extent of any payment of an
amount of the claim under this
section— (a) is discharged; and (b)
can
not be enforced against the relevant person or any
other person. Subdivision
3 Payments to offender 319ZE Payment to
offender of victim trust fund surplus (1)
The
public trustee must, within 1 month after complying with
319ZD in relation to a victim trust fund,
work out the amount, if any, left in the victim trust
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(2) If there is an amount left in the
victim trust fund, the public trustee must,
within 1 month after working out the amount— (a)
if
the person in relation to whom the relevant money was
awarded is
a prisoner—pay the
amount to
the chief executive for
payment into the person’s account in the prisoners trust
fund under section 311; or (b) if the person in
relation to whom the relevant money was awarded is not a
prisoner—pay the amount to or at the direction of the
person. Note— See also section
319ZK. 319ZF Payment to offender if no victim claims
or entity claims against offender (1)
This
section applies if the public trustee is not notified under
section 319ZC of the amount of any entity
claim in relation to a victim trust fund.
(2) The public
trustee must
pay the amount
of the victim
trust fund to the
person in relation to whom the relevant money was
awarded within
2 months after
giving notice
under section
319ZB(2). Note— See also section
319ZK. Division 5 Amounts not
included in victim trust fund 319ZG Exception
for future medical expenses Divisions 2 to 4
do not apply to an amount that is identified in an award of
relevant money or an agreement about relevant money as being
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319ZH
Exception for legal costs (1) Divisions 2 to 4
do not apply to an amount that is payable by a protected
defendant as legal costs— (a) under
an order for
costs made
by a court
or tribunal against the
protected defendant; or (b) under an
agreement about relevant money between the protected
defendant and the person in relation to whom the relevant
money was awarded (the relevant person );
or (c) for
an award of
relevant money
against the
protected defendant
that is
inclusive of
costs, that
is reasonably attributable to
the legal costs of the relevant person. (2)
The amount reasonably attributable to
the legal costs
mentioned in subsection (1)(c) is the
reasonable amount— (a) decided by the protected defendant on
the basis of a bill for the costs
given to
the protected defendant
by the legal
practitioner concerned; and (b)
notified by
the protected defendant
to the relevant
person. (3)
If the relevant
person, by
written notice
to the protected
defendant, disputes
the protected defendant’s decision,
the protected defendant must apply for the
assessment of the costs under the Legal Profession
Act 2007. (4) The assessment must
be conducted as
if the protected
defendant were liable to pay the costs as a
result of an order for the payment
of an unstated
amount of
costs made
by a court.
(5) The costs of the assessment are
payable— (a) if the amount of costs fixed by the
costs assessor is at least 10%
more than
the amount decided
by the protected
defendant—by the protected defendant; or (b)
otherwise—from the victim trust fund, in
priority to all other payments from the fund.
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legal costs means amounts
that a person has been or may be charged
by, or is
or may become
liable to
pay to, a
law practice for the provision of legal
services including interest on
the amounts, and
disbursements and
interest on
disbursements. Not
authorised —indicative
only 319ZI Orders in
relation to relevant money (1) This section
applies if a court or tribunal makes an award of
compensation or an award of damages in
relation to a person. (2) The court or
tribunal must make all necessary orders to ensure
that
an amount mentioned in section 319ZG or 319ZH is not
held
in a victim trust fund. 319ZJ Agreements in
relation to relevant money (1) This
section applies
if a protected
defendant enters
into an
agreement about relevant money with the
person in relation to whom the relevant money was
awarded. (2) The agreement
contains an
implied term
that an
amount mentioned in
section 319ZG or 319ZH is not held in a victim trust
fund. Division 6 Miscellaneous 319ZK Amounts
payable to public trustee for performance of functions
(1) This section applies to any amounts
payable under the Public Trustee Act
1978 from a victim trust fund to the public
trustee for the performance of its functions under
this part. (2) The amounts
must be
paid to
the public trustee
from the
victim trust fund before paying any of the
following amounts under this part— (a)
an award on
an eligible victim
claim under
section 319Y; Page 258
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(b) an amount
of an eligible
entity claim
under section
319ZD; (c) an amount payable to an offender under
section 319ZE or 319ZF. Note—
See
section 319ZH(5)(b). 319ZL Maximum legal costs of victim
claims (1) The maximum amount of legal costs,
inclusive of GST, that a legal practitioner may
charge and
recover from
a client for
work
done relating to a victim claim that may be payable from
a
victim trust fund is— (a) if
the amount recovered
on the claim
is $100,000 or
less—20% of
the amount recovered
or $10,000 whichever is
greater; or (b) if the
amount recovered
on the claim
is more than
$100,000 but
not more than
$250,000—18% of
the amount recovered or $20,000 whichever
is greater; or (c) if the
amount recovered
on the claim
is more than
$250,000 but
not more than
$500,000—16% of
the amount recovered or $45,000 whichever
is greater; or (d) if the
amount recovered
on the claim
is more than
$500,000—15% of
the amount recovered
or $80,000 whichever is
greater. (2) This section applies despite any other
Act providing for the assessment or payment of legal
costs. (3) In this section— amount
recovered , on a claim, means the full amount of
the damages awarded and not just the amount of
the award paid from a victim trust fund.
legal costs means amounts
that a person has been or may be charged
by, or is
or may become
liable to
pay to, a
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on
the amounts, but not including disbursements or interest on
disbursements. Not
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only Part 13 Information Division 1
Releasing information to eligible
persons 320
Eligible persons register
(1) The chief executive must keep a
register of persons who are eligible
to receive information under
section 324A
or 325 (
prisoner information ) about—
(a) a supervised dangerous prisoner
(sexual offender); or (b) a
prisoner who
has been sentenced
to a period
of imprisonment for
an offence of
violence or
a sexual offence;
or (c) a prisoner
who has been
sentenced to
a period of
imprisonment for
an offence other
than an
offence mentioned in
paragraph (b). (2) The following persons may apply, in
the approved form, to be registered as an eligible
person— (a) for a prisoner mentioned in subsection
(1)(a) or (b)— (i) the actual victim of the offence
(the victim ); or
(ii) if
the victim is
deceased, an
immediate family
member of the deceased victim; or
(iii) if
the victim is
under 18
years or
has a legal
incapacity, the victim’s parent or guardian;
or (iv) another person
who— (A) gives the
chief executive
documentary evidence of the
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Example— a domestic
violence order under the Domestic and Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 , whether or not the order is
current (B) satisfies the chief executive the
person’s life or physical safety
could reasonably be
expected to
be endangered because
of a connection between
the person and
the offence; (b)
for
a prisoner mentioned in subsection (1)(c)— (i)
a person who
gives the
chief executive
documentary evidence
of the prisoner’s domestic
violence against
the person, whether
or not the
domestic violence
constitutes the
offence for
which the person is imprisoned; or
Example— a domestic
violence order under the Domestic and Family
Violence Protection Act 2012
,
whether or not the order is current
(ii) a
person who
satisfies the
chief executive
the person’s life or physical safety could
reasonably be expected to
be endangered because
of a risk
of domestic violence
committed by
the prisoner against the
person. (3) The application must
be accompanied by
documentary evidence
satisfying the
chief executive
of the applicant’s identity.
(4) The applicant may nominate an entity
to receive the prisoner information for the applicant.
Example of entity— a victims’
support agency (5) In this section— history
of violence includes
a history of
domestic violence
within the
meaning of
the Domestic and
Family Violence
Protection Act 2012 .
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offence of
violence means
an offence in
which the
victim suffers actual
or threatened violence. 321 Declaration must
be signed by applicant or nominee The applicant
or, if the applicant nominated an entity under section
320(4), the nominee must
sign a
declaration stating
that the
applicant or
nominee will
not disclose, for
public dissemination, any
prisoner information released
to the applicant or
nominee under this division. 322
Application by child If
the applicant is
a child, the
chief executive
must, before
registering the child as an eligible
person— (a) give the child information about
registering; and Example— how to register
and how the child’s details may be removed from the
register (b) tell the
child that
the child’s parent
or guardian may
register to receive the prisoner information
for the child. 323 Deciding application
(1) The chief
executive may
grant the
application if
the chief executive
is satisfied the
applicant is
eligible under
section 320(2) to make the
application. (2) However, the chief executive may
refuse the application if the chief
executive reasonably believes
releasing prisoner
information to the applicant may
endanger— (a) the security of any corrective
services facility; or (b) the safe custody
or welfare of any prisoner; or (c)
the
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Example— Releasing
prisoner information to a victim who is also a prisoner may
endanger the safe custody or welfare of the
prisoner who committed the offence. (3)
Also, the chief executive may only grant an
application by a child if the child’s registration on the
register is in the child’s best interests. (4)
If
the child is a child in care, the chief executive must
consult with the child protection chief executive in
deciding what is in the child’s best interests.
324 Removing details from eligible persons
register (1) The chief executive must remove an
eligible person’s details from the eligible persons
register— (a) when the
prisoner in
relation to
whom the
person is
registered— (i)
is
discharged; or Note— A
prisoner is
discharged when
the prisoner is
unconditionally released from lawful
custody. (ii) if
the prisoner is
released subject
to a relevant
order—stops being subject to a relevant
order; or (iii) dies in custody;
or (iv) is transferred
to another jurisdiction; or (b)
if the prisoner’s conviction in
relation to
which the
person is registered is overturned;
or (c) if asked to do so by the eligible
person. (2) The chief executive may remove an
eligible person’s details from the register if—
(a) the chief
executive reasonably considers
the person’s continued
registration may endanger— (i) the security of
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(ii) the safe custody
or welfare of a prisoner; or (iii)
the
safety or welfare of someone else; or (b)
the
eligible person discloses, for public dissemination,
any prisoner information released
to the person
under this
division. (3) The chief
executive may
also remove
an eligible person’s
details from the register if the chief
executive is unable, after making reasonable efforts, to contact
the eligible person. (4) In this
section— details ,
of an eligible
person, includes
details of
any entity nominated
to receive prisoner
information for
the eligible person.
relevant order means—
(a) a supervision order or interim
supervision order under the Dangerous
Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 ;
or (b) a probation
order. 324A Right of eligible persons to receive
particular information (1) The chief
executive must give an eligible person the following
information about a prisoner in relation to
whom the eligible person is registered— (a)
the
prisoner’s eligibility dates for discharge or release;
(b) the prisoner’s date of discharge or
release; (c) the fact, and date, of the death or
escape of the prisoner; (d) the
fact, and
date, of
any particular circumstances relating
to the prisoner
that could
reasonably be
expected to
endanger the
eligible person’s
life or
physical safety. Examples of
particular circumstances relating to a prisoner—
• The prisoner is mistakenly discharged
before the prisoner’s discharge day. Page 264
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• The prisoner
is granted leave
under chapter
2, part 2,
division 8 without supervision.
(2) The information must be given to the
person— (a) for information mentioned in
subsection (1)(a)—as soon as practicable after the chief
executive becomes aware of the information; or
(b) for information mentioned in
subsection (1)(b)—at least 14 days
before the
prisoner’s date
of discharge or
release; or (c)
for information mentioned
in subsection (1)(c)
and (d)—immediately after
the chief executive
becomes aware of the
information. (3) If the eligible person nominated an
entity under section 320(4) to receive the
information, the chief executive may give the information to
the nominee. 325 Releasing other information
(1) To the
extent the
chief executive
reasonably considers
it appropriate, the chief executive may
release information about a prisoner
to an eligible
person, including, for
example, information
about the following— (a) the prisoner’s
current location; (b) the prisoner’s security
classification; (c) the prisoner’s transfer—
(i) between corrective services
facilities; or (ii) interstate or
overseas under
a scheme for
the transfer of persons imprisoned under a
sentence; (d) the length of the term of imprisonment
the prisoner is serving; (e)
any
further cumulative terms of imprisonment imposed
on
the prisoner while in custody for the offence; (f)
the results of
the prisoner’s applications for
parole orders;
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(g) other exceptional events relating to
the prisoner. (2) If the
eligible person
nominated an
entity under
section 320(4) to receive the information,
the chief executive may give the information to the
nominee. Not authorised —indicative
only Division 2 Criminal history
of relevant person Subdivision 1 Preliminary 326
Purpose of div 2 (1)
The
purpose of this division is to ensure the chief executive
has
all the relevant information the chief executive needs to
assess a person’s suitability to be, or
continue to be, a relevant person. (2)
The purpose is
achieved mainly
by providing for
the chief executive
to obtain the
criminal history
of, and other
information about, the relevant
person. 327 Definitions for div 2
In
this division— charge , of an offence,
means a charge in any form, including, for example, the
following— (a) a charge on an arrest;
(b) a notice to appear served under
the Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000 , section 382; (c)
a
complaint under the Justices Act 1886 ;
(d) a charge
by a court
under the
Justices Act
1886 ,
section 42(1A) or another provision of an
Act; (e) an indictment. relevant
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(i) a person performing a function under
this Act; (ii) a staff
member; (iii) an applicant
seeking— (A) to be engaged by the department;
or (B) a position as a staff member;
and (b) for subdivision 3—includes a
visitor, other
than an
accredited visitor. 328
Relationship with Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 This
division applies
to a person
despite anything
in the Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986 .
329 Chief executive must advise of duties
of disclosure etc. Before a
person becomes
a relevant person,
the chief executive must
tell the person— (a) of the person’s duties of disclosure
as a relevant person under this division; and
(b) that the chief executive may, under
section 334, obtain information about the person; and
(c) that guidelines for dealing with
information obtained by the chief executive under this
division are available from the chief
executive on request. Subdivision 2 Disclosure of
criminal history 330 Person seeking to be a relevant person
must disclose criminal history A person seeking
to be a relevant person must disclose to the chief executive,
before becoming a relevant person— (a)
whether or not the person has a criminal
history; and Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) if the
person has
a criminal history,
the person’s complete
criminal history. 331 Relevant person must disclose changes
in criminal history (1)
If
there is a change in the criminal history of a relevant
person, the person must immediately disclose the
details of the change to the chief executive.
(2) For a relevant person who does not
have a criminal history, there is taken to be a change in the
person’s criminal history if the person
acquires a criminal history. 332
Requirements for disclosure
(1) To comply with section 330 or 331, a
person must give the chief executive a disclosure in the
approved form. (2) The information disclosed in the
approved form by the person about
a conviction or
charge of
an offence in
the person’s criminal history
must include— (a) the existence of the conviction or
charge; and (b) when the offence was committed or
alleged to have been committed; and (c)
the
details of the offence or alleged offence; and (d)
for a conviction—whether or
not a conviction was
recorded and the sentence imposed on the
person. 333 False, misleading or incomplete
disclosure or failure to disclose (1)
A
person must not— (a) give the
chief executive
an approved form
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(b) fail to give the chief executive a
disclosure as required under section
330, unless the
person has
a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (2)
Subsection (1)(a) does
not apply to
a person in
relation to
particular information that the person is
unable to provide if the person— (a)
indicates in the approved form the
information that the person is unable to provide;
and (b) otherwise gives the information in the
approved form to the best of the person’s ability.
(3) In a proceeding for an offence against
subsection (1)(a), it is enough for a charge to state that the
disclosure was, without specifying which, false or
misleading. Subdivision 3 Chief executive
may obtain criminal information from other entities
about criminal history and
particular investigations
334 Chief executive may obtain report from
commissioner of police service (1)
This
section applies to a person who— (a)
is a
relevant person; or (b) seeks to
become a
relevant person
and has given
the chief executive an approved form under
section 332. (2) The chief
executive may
ask the commissioner to
give the
chief executive the following information
about the person— (a) a written report about the person’s
criminal history; (b) a brief description of the
circumstances of a conviction or charge
mentioned in the person’s criminal history; Current as at
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(c) for a relevant person other than a
visitor—information about an
investigation relating
to the possible
commission of a serious offence by the
person. (3) Subject to
subsections (4) and
(5), the
commissioner must
comply with the request. (4)
The
duty imposed on the commissioner to comply with the
request— (a)
applies only
to information in
the commissioner’s possession or
to which the
commissioner has
access; and
(b) in relation
to information mentioned
in subsection (2)(c)—applies only to
information recorded on a
central electronic database
kept by
the commissioner. (5)
The commissioner must
not give information about
an investigation relating to the possible
commission of a serious offence by the person if—
(a) the commissioner is reasonably
satisfied that giving the information— (i)
may
prejudice or otherwise hinder an investigation to which the
information may be relevant; or (ii)
may
lead to the identification of an informant; or (iii)
may affect the
safety of
a police officer,
complainant or other person; or
(b) for an
investigation that
has been completed—the investigation has
not led, and
the commissioner is
reasonably satisfied it is unlikely to lead,
to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a
serious offence; or (c) for
an investigation that
has not been
completed—the commissioner is
reasonably satisfied the investigation is unlikely to lead
to a reasonable suspicion that the person committed a
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335 Prosecuting authority to notify chief
executive about committal, conviction etc.
(1) This section applies if a person,
other than a visitor, is charged with
an indictable offence
and the commissioner or
the director of
public prosecutions (a
prosecuting authority
) is aware that the
person is a relevant person. (2)
If
the person is committed by a court for trial for an
indictable offence, the
prosecuting authority
must, within
7 days after
the
committal, give written notice to the chief executive of the
following— (a)
the
person’s name; (b) the court; (c)
particulars of the offence;
(d) the date of the committal;
(e) the court to which the person was
committed. (3) If the
person is
convicted before
a court of
an indictable offence,
the prosecuting authority
must, within
7 days after
the
conviction, give written notice to the chief executive of
the following— (a)
the
person’s name; (b) the court; (c)
particulars of the offence;
(d) the date of the conviction;
(e) the sentence imposed by the
court. (4) If the
person is
convicted of
an indictable offence,
and has appealed the
conviction, and the appeal is finally decided or
has
otherwise ended, the prosecuting authority must, within 7
days
after the decision or the day the appeal otherwise ends,
give
written notice to the chief executive of the following—
(a) the person’s name; (b)
particulars of the offence;
(c) the date of the decision or other
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(d) if the appeal was decided—
(i) the court in which it was decided;
and (ii) particulars of
the decision. (5) If the
prosecution process
ends without
the person being
convicted of an indictable offence, the
prosecuting authority must, within 7 days after the end,
give written notice to the chief executive about the
following— (a) the person’s name; (b)
if
relevant, the court in which the prosecution process
ended; (c)
particulars of the offence;
(d) the date the prosecution process
ended. (6) For subsection (5), a prosecution
process ends if— (a) an indictment is presented against the
person and— (i) a nolle prosequi is entered on the
indictment; or (ii) the person is
acquitted; or (b) the prosecution process has otherwise
ended. (7) A reference
in this section
to a conviction of
an indictable offence
includes a
summary conviction of
an indictable offence.
Subdivision 4 Control on use
of information about criminal history and particular
investigations 336
Use
of information obtained under this division (1)
This section
applies to
the chief executive
in considering information
about a person received under this division. (2)
The
information must not be used for any purpose other than
assessing the person’s suitability to be, or
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(3) When making the assessment, the chief
executive must have regard to the following matters relating to
information about the commission, or
alleged or
possible commission, of
an offence by the person—
(a) when the
offence was
committed, is
alleged to
have been committed
or may possibly have been committed; (b)
the
nature of the offence and its relevance to— (i)
for a person
mentioned in
section 327, definition relevant
person , paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii)—the
person’s proposed duties or duties under
this Act; or (ii) for
a person mentioned
in section 327, definition relevant
person , paragraph (b)—any risk posed by
the person to
the security or
good order
of a corrective
services facility; (c) anything else the chief executive
considers relevant to the assessment of the person.
337 Person to be advised of information
obtained (1) This section
applies to
information obtained
by the chief
executive about
a person, under
this division,
from the
commissioner. (2)
Before using the information to assess the
person’s suitability to be, or continue to be, a relevant
person, the chief executive must—
(a) disclose the information to the
person; and (b) allow the
person a
reasonable opportunity to
make representations to
the chief executive
about the
information. 338
Reconsidering decision (1)
This section
applies if
the chief executive
decides that
a person is
not suitable to
be, or continue
to be, a
relevant person.
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(2) The person may, within 7 days after
being given notice of the decision, apply
in writing to
the chief executive
for a reconsideration
of the decision. (3) After reconsidering the
decision, the
chief executive
may confirm or change the decision.
339 Confidentiality (1)
This
section applies to a person who— (a)
is, or has
been, a
public service
employee in
the department or a selection panel
member; and (b) in that capacity acquired information,
or gained access to a document, under this division about
someone else’s criminal history or about an investigation
relating to the possible commission of
a
serious offence by
someone else.
(2) The person must not disclose the
information, or give access to the document,
to anyone else. Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
2 years imprisonment. (3)
Subsection (2) does not apply to the
disclosure of information, or giving of access to a document,
about a person— (a) to a
public service
employee in
the department, or
a selection panel member, for the
purpose of assessing the person’s suitability to be, or
continue to be, a relevant person; or (b)
with
the person’s consent; or (c) if
the disclosure or
giving of
access is
otherwise required under
an Act. (4) In this section— selection panel
member means a member of a panel formed
to make a
recommendation to
the chief executive
about a
person becoming, or being promoted as, a
relevant person. Page 274 Current as at
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340 Guidelines for dealing with
information (1) The chief executive must make
guidelines, consistent with this Act,
for dealing with
information obtained
by the chief
executive under this division.
(2) The purpose of the guidelines is to
ensure— (a) natural justice is afforded to the
persons about whom the information is obtained; and
(b) only relevant
information is
used in
assessing the
persons’ suitability to
be, or continue
to be, relevant
persons; and (c)
decisions about the suitability of persons,
based on the information, are made consistently.
(3) The chief
executive must
give a
copy of
the guidelines, on
request, to a person seeking to become a
relevant person. Division 3 Other provisions
about information 341 Confidential information
(1) This section applies to either of the
following (each of whom is an informed
person )— (a) a person who is
performing or has performed a function under this Act
or any of the repealed Acts, or is or was otherwise
engaged in the administration of this Act or any of the
repealed Acts; (b) a person
who has obtained
access to
confidential information,
whether before or after the commencement of this section
and whether directly or indirectly, from a person mentioned
in paragraph (a). (2) The informed
person must
not disclose confidential information
acquired by the informed person to anyone else other than under
subsection (3). Maximum penalty—100 penalty
units or
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only (3) The informed
person may disclose confidential information— (a)
for
the purposes of this Act; or (b)
to discharge a
function under
another law
or if it
is otherwise authorised under another
law; or (c) for a
proceeding in
a court, if
the informed person
is required to do so by order of the
court or otherwise by law; or (d)
for
confidential information that consists of a person’s
private details—if authorised by the person
to whom the information relates; or (e)
if
authorised by the chief executive because— (i)
a
person’s life or physical safety could otherwise
reasonably be expected to be endangered;
or (ii) it is otherwise
in the public interest; or (f) if the
information merely informs someone— (i)
of the corrective services
facility in
which a
prisoner is being held in custody; or
(ii) for an offender
who is subject to a parole order or a community
based order—that the
offender is
subject to the order. (4)
In
this section— confidential information —
(a) includes information—
(i) about a person’s private details;
or (ii) that could
reasonably be expected to pose a risk to the security or
good order of a corrective services facility;
or (iii) that
could reasonably be
expected to
endanger anyone’s
life or
health, including
psychological health;
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(v) that could
reasonably be
expected to
divulge the
identity of an informant or a confidential
source of information; or (vi)
that could
reasonably be
expected to
disclose an
expert’s advice
or recommendation about
an offender; or (vii)
that could reasonably be
expected to
prejudice a
law
enforcement agency’s investigation; or (viii)
that could have
a serious adverse
effect on
the commercial interests, or
reveal commercial-in-confidence interests, of an
engaged service provider; but (b)
does
not include— (i) information already
disclosed to
the general public, unless
further disclosure of the information is prohibited by
law; or (ii) statistical or
other information that
could not
reasonably be
expected to
result in
the identification of
the person to
whom the
information relates. private
details of
a person includes
the person’s identity,
private residential address or contact
details. 342 Commissioner to provide offender’s
criminal history (1) The chief
executive may
ask the commissioner to
give the
chief executive, for use under this Act and
the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , a report about the criminal history of
an offender. (2)
The commissioner must
give the
chief executive
a written report about the
criminal history that— (a) is in the
commissioner’s possession; or (b)
the
commissioner can access through arrangements with
the
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(3) The chief executive may give
information in the report to— (a)
the person in
charge of
an institution (including in
another State)
to which a
prisoner is,
or is to
be, transferred under an Act; or
(b) a designated authority
under the
Parole Orders
(Transfer) Act 1984 , section 7(1);
or (c) a proper authority under the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section
136(2); or (d) the parole board. (4)
The
information in the report may include a reference to, or a
disclosure of,
a conviction referred
to in the
Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act
1986 , section 6. 343
Traffic history (1)
The
chief executive may ask the transport chief executive to
give
the chief executive a report about an offender’s traffic
history for use under this Act and
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
. (2) The transport
chief executive must give the chief executive a written report
about the traffic history that— (a)
is
in the transport chief executive’s possession; or
(b) the transport
chief executive
can access through
arrangements with a government department of
another State. (3)
The
chief executive may give information in the report to—
(a) the person
in charge of
an institution (including in
another State)
to which a
prisoner is,
or is to
be, transferred under an Act; or
(b) a designated authority
under the
Parole Orders
(Transfer) Act 1984 , section 7(1);
or (c) a proper authority under the
Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 , section
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(4) The information in the report may
include a reference to, or a disclosure of,
a conviction referred
to in the
Criminal Law
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act
1986 , section 6. (5)
In
this section— traffic history
of an offender
means the
offender’s traffic
history under
the Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
. transport chief
executive means
the chief executive
of the department in
which the
Transport Operations (Road
Use Management) Act 1995
is
administered. 344 Pre-sentence report
(1) When required to do so by a court, the
chief executive must prepare a
pre-sentence report
for the court
about a
stated person convicted
of an offence. (2) A pre-sentence report
may, for
example, state
the person’s criminal or
traffic history obtained under section 342 or 343.
(3) If the court proposes to grant bail to
the person, the court must order the person to report to the
chief executive within a stated time.
(4) The pre-sentence report must
be— (a) given to the court within 28 days;
and (b) if the report is in writing, given in
triplicate. (5) The court must give a copy of a
pre-sentence report to— (a) the prosecution;
and (b) the convicted person’s lawyers.
(6) The court
must ensure
the prosecution and
lawyers have
sufficient time before the proceedings to
consider and respond to the report. (7)
The
court may order that the report, or part of the report, not
be
shown to the convicted person. Current as at
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(8) The copy of the report must be
returned to the court before the end of the
proceedings. (9) A report purporting to be a
pre-sentence report made by the chief executive
is evidence of the matters contained in it. (10)
An
objection must not be taken or allowed to the evidence on
the
ground that it is hearsay. Part 13A Use of dangerous
drugs for training Division 1
Preliminary 344A
Object of pt 13A (1)
The
object of this part is to ensure training in the department
about dangerous drugs is realistic and
effective. (2) The object
is to be
achieved by
putting in
place arrangements— (a)
to allow the
department to
have access
to dangerous drugs for
training purposes; and (b) to
ensure dangerous
drugs in
the possession of
the department for training
purposes— (i) are carefully handled to ensure their
effectiveness for training purposes is not compromised;
and (ii) are
subject to
strict tracking
and accountability requirements. 344B
Definitions for pt 13A In this
part— agency arrangement means
an arrangement, or
series of
arrangements, between
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or
other agency of the State or the Commonwealth (the
other agency
)
providing for the following— (a)
the
transfer of possession of a batch of a dangerous drug
from the
possession of
the other agency
into the
possession of the department;
(b) that the batch of the dangerous drug
is to be used for training in the department;
(c) the type and extent of the training
for which the batch of the dangerous drug is to be
used; (d) what is to be done with the batch of
the dangerous drug at the end of the training;
(e) anything else
the parties to
the arrangement consider
appropriate. Example of an
agency arrangement made up of a series of arrangements—
A
first arrangement between the chief executive and an agency
could establish basic principles to govern the
supply of dangerous drugs to the chief executive
for training purposes. A second arrangement between
the
chief executive and the agency could establish particular
procedures to be followed
for transferring particular types
of dangerous drugs
between the department and the agency
subject to the basic principles established in
the first arrangement. A third arrangement between the
chief executive
and the agency
could provide
for the special
circumstances applying to a batch of one of
the particular types of dangerous drugs mentioned in the
second arrangement. For the batch mentioned in the
third arrangement, the agency arrangement may be
ascertained from a reading of all 3
arrangements. dangerous drug see the
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 , section
4. drug control
direction means
a direction of
the chief executive— (a)
authorising— (i)
the
keeping of a batch of a dangerous drug; and (ii)
the
use of the batch in training in the department; and
(b) stating the conditions under which the
keeping and use of the batch of the dangerous drug is
authorised. Current as at [Not applicable]
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drug
control officer means a person holding an appointment
under division 2 as a drug control
officer. drug vault means a secure
facility suitable for the storage of dangerous
drugs in
the possession of
the department for
training purposes
under the
authority of
a drug control
direction. register of
dangerous drugs for training means the
register of dangerous drugs for training kept under
section 344M. secure facility
means a
facility that
is secure against
unauthorised entry. Division 2
Drug
control officers 344C Appointment and qualifications
(1) The chief executive may appoint a
corrective services officer as a drug
control officer. (2) However, the
chief executive
may appoint a
corrective services officer
as a drug control officer only if— (a)
the
chief executive is satisfied the officer is qualified for
appointment because
the officer has
the necessary expertise or
experience; or (b) the officer has satisfactorily
finished training approved by the chief executive.
344D Appointment conditions
(1) A drug control officer holds office on
any conditions stated in— (a)
the
drug control officer’s instrument of appointment; or
(b) a signed notice given to the drug
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(2) The instrument of appointment, a
signed notice given to the drug control officer or a regulation
may limit the drug control officer’s powers under this
part. (3) In this section— signed
notice means a notice signed by the chief
executive. 344E Issue of identity card
(1) The chief executive must issue an
identity card to each drug control officer. (2)
The
identity card must— (a) contain a recent photo of the drug
control officer; and (b) contain
a copy of
the drug control officer’s
signature; and
(c) identify the person as a drug control
officer under this part; and (d)
state an expiry date for the card.
(3) This section
does not
prevent the
issue of
a single identity
card
to a person for this Act and for other purposes.
344F Resignation A drug control
officer may resign by signed notice given to the chief
executive. 344G Return of identity card
A
person who ceases to be a drug control officer must return
the
person’s identity card to the chief executive within 21 days
after ceasing to be a drug control officer
unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
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344H Function and powers of drug control
officer (1) A drug control officer has the
function of administering and controlling, as
required under this part and the conditions on which the drug
control officer holds office, the following— (a)
the receiving into
the possession of
the department of
batches of
dangerous drugs
to be used
for training purposes
(the batches );
(b) the storage of the batches;
(c) the movement in and out of storage,
for the purposes of training, of the batches or parts of the
batches; (d) how the batches leave the possession
of the department. (2) A drug control officer has power,
within the department, to do all things
necessary to be done for the performance of the drug
control officer’s function.
Division 3 Keeping and use
of dangerous drugs for training 344I
Keeping dangerous drug for use in department
training A batch of
a dangerous drug
may lawfully be
kept in
the possession of
the department and
used for
training in
the department if— (a)
the
keeping of the batch, and its use for training in the
department, is authorised under a drug
control direction; and (b) the batch is
kept, and used for training, in accordance with
the conditions included
in the drug
control direction. 344J
Making drug control direction
(1) The chief executive may make a drug
control direction for a batch of a dangerous drug.
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(2) The chief executive may make a drug
control direction for a batch of
a dangerous drug
only
if the batch comes
into the
possession of the department under an agency
arrangement. (3) The conditions included
in the drug
control direction
must include the
following conditions— (a) a
condition that
the batch must
be used only
for the training
purposes stated in the condition; Example of
training purposes— training corrective services
dogs to
detect the
presence of
dangerous drugs in various situations
(b) a condition that the training for
which the batch is used must be
of the type,
and of the
extent, stated
in the condition; (c)
a condition that
the whole of
the batch must
at all times—
(i) be under
the effective control
of a drug
control officer
or 1 or
more of
the corrective services
officers identified in the condition;
or (ii) be kept securely
in a way stated in the condition; (d)
a
condition that, as soon as practicable after the batch is
used for
training purposes
for the last
time, the
batch must be
destroyed or disposed of in the way stated in the
condition. (4)
Subsection (3) does
not limit the
conditions that
may be included in the
drug control direction. (5) The chief
executive must ensure that the department complies
with
the conditions included in the drug control direction.
344K Entering into agency
arrangement (1) The chief executive may enter into an
agency arrangement. (2) The chief
executive may
enter into
an agency arrangement only if the
department or other agency, whose chief executive
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possess the
batch of
the dangerous drug
the subject of
the arrangement. (3)
The
chief executive must ensure the department complies with
the
agency arrangement. Not authorised —indicative
only 344L Requirements for
keeping of dangerous drugs for training
purposes (1) The following
requirements apply
for the department’s possession of
dangerous drugs for training purposes— (a)
each
batch of a dangerous drug must be stored in a drug
vault; (b)
when
a batch of a dangerous drug is received into a drug
vault for
storage for
the first time,
it must be
accompanied by
a document certifying, in
a way approved by the
chief executive, the weight and purity of the
batch; (c) a drug vault must not be used for
storing a dangerous drug that
is in the
possession of
the department other
than
for training purposes; (d) a
drug vault
must be
designed and
constructed for
ensuring, to
the greatest practicable extent,
that each
batch of a dangerous drug stored in it keeps
its level of effectiveness for training purposes;
(e) a drug
vault must
include enough
separate storage
to ensure that no batch of a dangerous
drug stored in the vault can
be contaminated by
another batch,
or can otherwise
be made ineffective or
less effective
for training purposes; (f)
the
whole of a batch of a dangerous drug must be stored
in a drug
vault at
all times, except
to the extent
the batch, or
a part of
the batch, is
required to
be held somewhere else
for training purposes; (g) an audit of each
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otherwise directly associated with the
keeping or use of dangerous drugs for training
purposes; (h) when a batch of a dangerous drug
leaves a drug vault for the last time— (i)
it
must be accompanied by a document certifying, in
a way approved
by the chief
executive, the
weight and purity of the batch; and
(ii) a copy of the
document mentioned in subparagraph (i)
must be
kept at
the drug vault
or at another
place the chief executive directs.
(2) Without limiting the scope of an audit
under subsection (1)(g), the audit must include—
(a) weighing each
batch of
dangerous drugs
in the drug
vault to
find out
whether all
quantities of
dangerous drugs that
should be in the drug vault at the time of the audit are in the
vault; and (b) finding out
whether the
drug vault
is storing any
dangerous drugs,
or anything else,
that should
not be stored in the
drug vault; and (c) finding out
whether, and
to what extent,
the purity of
any
batch of a dangerous drug stored at the drug vault
has been adversely
affected since
it was received
into the drug vault;
and (d) a review of the register of dangerous
drugs for training. (3) Without limiting
the requirements for
an audit under
subsection (1)(g), requirements for
the audit include
the following— (a)
the performance of
the audit must
be supervised by
a corrective services officer who
is— (i) authorised by the chief executive to
supervise the performance of the audit; and
(ii) not otherwise
directly associated with the keeping or use of
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(b) all batches of dangerous drugs stored
in the drug vault must be the subject of analysis by an
analyst under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 ;
(c) the accuracy of the scales used in
measuring the weights of batches of dangerous drugs stored
in the drug vault must be
certified in
a way approved
by the chief
executive. Division 4
Register of dangerous drugs for
training 344M
Register of dangerous drugs for
training (1) The chief executive must keep a
register of dangerous drugs for
training. (2) The register may form part of another
register whether kept under this or another Act.
(3) The chief executive—
(a) subject to
subsection (4), may
keep the
register of
dangerous drugs
for training in
the way the
chief executive
considers appropriate; and Example for paragraph (a)—
The
register may be kept on a computer or partly on a computer
and
partly in written form. (b) must ensure the
register is kept in a secure place. (4)
The
register of dangerous drugs for training must be kept in a
way that, to
the greatest practicable extent,
enables a
drug control officer,
or a corrective services officer performing a lawful
function associated with
the keeping of
dangerous drugs
in the possession of
the department under
this Act,
whether or
not under this
part, to
comply with
this Act’s
requirements. (5)
Unless the chief executive otherwise
authorises, an entry in the register of dangerous drugs for
training may only be made by a
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conditions on which the drug control officer
holds office, to make the entry. (6)
If the chief
executive gives
a direction under
this division
restricting access
to information included
in the register
of dangerous drugs for training, a drug
control officer authorised to record
the information in
the register must
ensure the
information is
recorded in
a way that,
to the greatest
practicable extent,
stops disclosure of
the information to
a person not authorised to have access
to it. 344N Information to be recorded in the
register of dangerous drugs for training (1)
The
following information must be recorded in the register of
dangerous drugs for training about each
batch of a dangerous drug coming into the possession of the
department to be used for training purposes—
(a) the name of the dangerous drug;
(b) a description of the batch;
(c) the weight, in grams, of the
batch; (d) a description of any container or
packaging, and of any other item,
used for
conveying the
batch into
the possession of the department;
(e) the weight, in grams, of any container
or packaging, and of any other item, used for conveying the
batch into the possession of the department;
(f) when the batch was received into the
possession of the department; (g)
the
purity of the batch, and details of the certification of
the
purity; (h) a description of
the circumstances in
which the
batch came into the
possession of the department. (2)
The
following information must be recorded in the register of
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if
the batch, or part of the batch, is taken from the drug
vault where it
is stored because
it is to
be used for
training purposes—
(a) when the batch or part of the batch
leaves the drug vault; (b) the nature of
the training for which the batch or part of the batch is to
be used; (c) the condition of any container or
packaging in which the batch or part of the batch leaves the
drug vault; (d) the weight, in grams, of the batch or
part of the batch when it leaves the drug vault;
(e) the condition of any container or
packaging in which the batch or part of the batch is returned
to the drug vault; (f) the weight, in grams, of the batch or
part of the batch when it is returned to the drug
vault. (3) The following information must be
recorded in the register of dangerous
drugs for
training when
a batch of
a dangerous drug leaves a
drug vault for the last time to be disposed of or
to
be returned to an entity under an agency arrangement—
(a) the weight,
in grams, of
the batch when
it leaves the
drug
vault; (b) the weight, in grams, of any container
or packaging in which the batch leaves the drug
vault. (4) Recording under subsection (1), (2) or
(3) must be performed as close
as reasonably practicable to
the happening of
the event to which the recording
relates. 344O Restriction on release of information
from register of dangerous drugs for training
(1) The chief executive may give a
direction restricting access to information recorded
in the register
of dangerous drugs
for training to persons other than—
(a) a drug
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(b) a corrective services officer who
reasonably needs the information for
conducting or
supervising, under
this part, an audit
of a drug vault; or (c) another corrective services
officer, if
the corrective services officer
is performing a function associated with the keeping of
dangerous drugs in the possession of the department under
this Act,
whether or
not under this
part, and
reasonably needs
the information for
the performance of the officer’s function;
or (d) a police officer who reasonably needs
the information for the performance of the officer’s
functions under an Act; or (e)
a
person stated in the direction. (2)
A direction under
subsection (1) may
restrict access
to all information
recorded in the register or only to information of
a
type stated in the direction. (3)
The
chief executive must keep a written record of the reasons
for
giving a direction under subsection (1) in each particular
case. (4)
The
chief executive may give a direction under subsection (1),
and keep the
direction in
place, only
if the chief
executive considers that a
failure to give the direction, or to keep the direction in
place, may prejudice— (a) the security of
a drug vault; or (b) the safety of— (i)
a
corrective services officer; or (ii)
another person associated with keeping
dangerous drugs in
the possession of
the department for
training purposes; or (iii)
a person associated with
a person mentioned
in subparagraph (i) or (ii).
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Part
14 Surrender of equipment and
identity card 345
Staff
members (1) If a person stops being a staff
member, the person must return to
the issuing entity,
as required under
subsection (2), a
firearm or other weapon issued to the person
to perform the person’s duties
under this
Act, unless
the person has
a reasonable excuse. Maximum
penalty—20 penalty units. (2) The firearm or
other weapon must be returned immediately after the person
stops being a staff member. (3)
Also, if a person stops being a staff
member, the person must return the following things to the
issuing entity, as required under
subsection (4), unless
the person has
a reasonable excuse—
(a) the person’s identity card;
(b) anything else not mentioned in
subsection (1) issued to the person to perform the person’s
duties under this Act that the chief executive requires to
be returned. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
(4) Anything required to be returned under
subsection (3) must be returned as soon as practicable, but
within 7 days, after the person stops being a staff
member. (5) In this section— issuing
entity means— (a)
for
something issued by the chief executive—the chief
executive; or (b)
for
something issued by an engaged service provider—
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Legal provisions Not
authorised —indicative only
346 Royal prerogative of mercy etc. not
affected (1) This Act does not affect the royal
prerogative of mercy. (2) Subject to the
express provisions of this Act, nothing in this Act
is to be
read as
limiting or
changing any
authority or
jurisdiction that a court, judge or justice
has under another Act or law. 347
Interpretation of authority for admission to
corrective services facility (1)
If a question
arises about
the construction or
effect of
an authority for
admitting a
prisoner to
a corrective services
facility, the
chief executive
may apply to
a Supreme Court
judge to interpret the authority.
(2) The interpretation is
sufficient authority
for the chief
executive to
deal with
the person in
accordance with
the interpretation. (3)
An
appeal does not lie against the interpretation. (4)
In
this section— authority ,
for admitting a
person to
a corrective services
facility, means an authority mentioned in
section 9(1). 348 Execution of warrant by corrective
services officer If a court issues a warrant requiring police
officers to convey a person before
the court to
a corrective services
facility, a
corrective services officer may execute the
warrant. 349 Protection from liability
(1) An official
does not
incur civil
liability for
an act done,
or omission made,
honestly and
without negligence under
this Act.
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(2) A board member does not incur civil
liability for an act done, or omission made honestly, with or
without negligence, under this Act. (3)
If
subsection (1) or (2) prevents a civil liability attaching to
an official or board member, the liability
attaches instead to the State. (4)
In
this section— official —
(a) means— (i)
the
Minister; or (ii) the chief
executive; or (iii) a person, other
than a board member, appointed for this Act;
or (iv) a volunteer;
or (v) a protected defendant mentioned in
section 319A, definition protected
defendant , paragraph (b) to (e) performing a
function under chapter 6, part 12B; or (vi)
the public trustee
performing a
function under
chapter 6, part 12B; or (vii) an
individual employed
or engaged by
an entity mentioned in
subparagraph (v) or (vi) performing a function under
chapter 6, part 12B; or (viii) a person
performing a
function under
section 319U(1); but (b)
does
not include an engaged service provider, or person
appointed by an engaged service provider,
performing a function of a person mentioned in paragraph
(a). 350 Proceedings for offences
(1) A proceeding for an offence against
this Act, other than an offence under section 122, is a
summary proceeding under the Justices Act
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), the
proceeding must start— (a) within 1 year
after the offence was committed; or (b)
within 6
months after
the offence comes
to the complainant’s
knowledge, but within 2 years after the offence was
committed. (3) If the proceeding is for an offence
under section 28F(1) or (5), it may start at
any time but, if started more than 1 year after the
commission of
the offence, must
start within
6 months after the
offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge. 351
Evidentiary aids (1)
This
section applies to a proceeding under an Act. (2)
It
is not necessary to prove the appointment of an appointed
person or the power of an appointed person
to do something, unless a party to the proceeding, by
reasonable notice of at least 7 days, requires proof.
(3) A certificate purporting to be signed
by the chief executive stating any
of the following
matters is
evidence of
the matter— (a)
a
person’s appointment as an appointed person was, or
was not, in
force on
a stated day
or during a
stated period;
(b) a person is, or
was on a stated day or during a stated period, a
prisoner; (c) a dog is, or was on a stated day or
during a stated period, a corrective services dog;
(d) a stated
place is,
or was on
a stated day
or during a
stated period, a corrective services
facility; (e) a stated approval is, or was on a
stated day or during a stated period, in force;
(f) a stated document is a copy of a
document made under this Act,
one of the
repealed Acts
or the Prisons
Act 1958 ;
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(g) the contents of a stated substance
that was tested by a stated analyst
within the
meaning of
the Health Act
1937 ;
(h) a stated thing is, or was on a stated
day or during a stated period— (i)
property that
is part of
a corrective services
facility; or (ii)
other property of the State;
(i) approval was not given for a stated
act or omission that is alleged to have happened.
(4) A certificate signed by an officer of
the secretariat prescribed by regulation recording
a decision of
the parole board
is evidence of the matter.
(5) A signature
purporting to
be the signature
of an appointed
person is evidence of the person’s
signature. (6) In a
complaint starting
the proceeding, a
statement that
the offence in
the complaint came
to the complainant’s knowledge on a
stated day is evidence of the matter. (7)
In
this section— appointed person means—
(a) the chief executive; or
(b) a corrective services officer;
or (c) a board member; or (d)
an
official visitor; or (e) the chief
inspector; or (f) an inspector; or (g)
a
doctor; or (h) a police officer; or
(i) a community service supervisor.
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Miscellaneous 352
Review of Act The Minister
must review the efficacy and efficiency of this Act within 7
years after its commencement. 353
Exemption from tolls A
vehicle being
used to
transport prisoners
is exempt from
payment of a toll for the use of a road,
bridge or ferry. 354 Approved forms (1)
The
chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.
(2) If there is an approved form for an
order or instrument made or granted under this Act, the order
or instrument must be in the approved form. 355
Regulation-making power (1)
The Governor in
Council may
make regulations under
this Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a
regulation may— (a) prescribe matters
relating to
the parole board
and the secretariat;
or (b) prescribe offences
for a contravention of
a regulation and fix a
maximum penalty of not more than 20 penalty units for a
contravention; or (c) prescribe fees payable under this
Act. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7 Transitional and
other provisions for Corrective
Services Act 2006 Not
authorised —indicative
only Part 1 Preliminary 356
Definitions for ch 7 In this
chapter— 2000 Act means the
Corrective Services Act 2000
. applied discipline procedure
see
section 406(2). commencement means the
commencement of this section. previous
, if followed
by a provision
number, means
the provision under the 2000 Act.
357 Continued actions or things to be read
with necessary changes (1)
This
section applies if— (a) an action
was done or
something was
brought into
existence under
a provision of
the 2000 Act
(the previous action
or thing ); and (b)
a provision of
this chapter
provides that
the previous action
or thing continues
in force or
existence, or
continues to have effect, and is taken to be
an action or thing under this Act or a provision of this
Act. Examples— •
section 381(2) •
section 443(2) (2)
The
previous action or thing is to be read with, or continued in
force with, the changes necessary—
(a) to make it consistent with this Act;
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(b) to adapt its operation to this
Act. (3) Subsection (2) does not prevent the
provision of this chapter providing for other matters in
relation to the action or thing. (4)
Also, the previous action or thing may be
amended, repealed or revoked under this Act.
Part
2 Prisoners and other persons in
custody Division 1
Custody and admission 358
Where
persons to be detained (1) This section
applies to a person who— (a) before the
commencement, was sentenced to a period of imprisonment or
required by
law to be
detained for
a period; and (b)
immediately before the commencement was
detained in a corrective services facility.
(2) Subject to this Act, the person must
continue to be detained. (3) However, if the
person was detained in a watch house under previous section
6(2)(b), subsection (2) does not prevent the person being
taken to a corrective services facility. (4)
This
section is also subject to the Acts, and provisions of Acts,
mentioned in section 6(3).
359 When persons in chief executive’s
custody (1) A person
who, under
the 2000 Act,
was in the
chief executive’s custody
immediately before
the commencement continues to be
in the chief executive’s custody, subject to this
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Note— See, for
example, previous section 7. (2)
Subsection (1) does not prevent the
application of a provision of this Act providing for when a
person is in another person’s custody.
Not authorised —indicative
only 360 When persons in
commissioner’s custody (1) A person who,
under the 2000 Act, was in the commissioner’s custody
immediately before the commencement continues to
be
in the commissioner’s custody, subject to this Act.
Note— See, for
example, previous section 8. (2)
Subsection (1) does not prevent the
application of a provision of this Act providing for when a
person is in another person’s custody.
361 Authority for admission to corrective
services facility (1) This section applies to a person
who— (a) before the
commencement, was
validly admitted
to a corrective services
facility as
mentioned in
previous section 9(1);
and Note— See section
475. (b) immediately before
the commencement was
validly detained in a
corrective services facility. (2)
Subject to this Act, the continued detention
of the person in a corrective services facility is
valid. 362 Continuation of record for identifying
prisoners (1) The record
kept by
the chief executive
under previous
section 10(1) and
in existence immediately before
the commencement (the previous
record ) is taken to be part of the
record required under section 10(1).
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(2) The previous
record may
be dealt with
under section
10, including by destroying photos and prints
forming part of the previous record. 363
Prisoner classifications (1)
This
section applies to a prisoner who, immediately before the
commencement, had
a classification under
previous section 12
( previous classification ).
(2) If, immediately before
the commencement, the
prisoner’s previous
classification was
maximum security,
the chief executive
is taken to
have classified the
prisoner under
section 12(1) with the security
classification of maximum. (3) If,
immediately before
the commencement, the
prisoner’s previous
classification was high security, medium security or
low
security, the chief executive is taken to have classified
the prisoner under section 12(1) with the
security classification of high. (4)
If, immediately before
the commencement, the
prisoner’s previous
classification was open security, the chief executive
is taken to
have classified the
prisoner under
section 12(1) with the
security classification of low. (5)
For applying section
13 to a prisoner
to whom this
section applies, the end
of the first interval is to be worked out on the
basis of
the decision about
classification, or
a review of
a classification, under previous section
12. Example for subsection (5)—
A
prisoner was classified as maximum security on 1 October 2005.
On 26 March 2006,
the prisoner’s classification was
reviewed under
previous section
12 as low security.
No change is
made to
the classification before the commencement
and, under subsection (3), the prisoner’s
security classification is high on the commencement. Under
section 13(1)(b), a prisoner’s security
classification of high must be reviewed
at intervals of
not longer than
1 year. Therefore, under
subsection (5), the prisoner’s security
classification must be reviewed before 26 March
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364 Asking chief executive to reconsider
decision about classification (1)
This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner was
entitled to
apply under
the 2000 Act
for a reconsideration of
the chief executive’s decision to
change the prisoner’s classification. Note—
See
the repealed Corrective Services Regulation 2001
,
section 4. (2) The prisoner may apply for a
reconsideration of the decision under the 2000
Act as if this Act had not been enacted. (3)
However, the
chief executive
must reconsider the
decision, and may confirm,
amend or cancel the decision, as mentioned in section
16(3). (4) Also, the
chief executive
must give
the prisoner an
information notice
about the
reconsidered decision
as mentioned in section 16(4).
Division 2 Management of
prisoners 365 Direction given before
commencement A direction given under previous section
14(1) and in force immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
be a direction given
under section 20(1). 366 Order or direction for medical
examination or treatment (1) This
section applies
to an order
given under
previous section
15(2) (the previous
order ),
or a requirement made
under previous
section 15(3)(b) (the
previous requirement ),
if— (a) the previous
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(b) the medical
examination mentioned
in the order
or requirement had not happened or been
completed before the commencement. (2)
The previous order
is taken to
be an order
given under
section 21(3) requiring the medical
examination stated in the previous order. (3)
The
previous requirement is taken to be a requirement given
under section
21(4)(a)(ii) requiring the
medical examination stated in the
previous requirement. (4) The
previous order
and the previous
requirement may
be amended or cancelled by the chief
executive under section 21. 367 Authorisation for
medical examination or treatment (1)
This
section applies to an authorisation given under previous
section 15(7) and
in force immediately before
the commencement (the
previous authorisation )
if the medical
examination or treatment mentioned in the
authorisation has not happened or been completed before the
commencement. (2) The previous
authorisation is
taken to
be an authorisation given
under section
21(7) for the medical
examination or
treatment. 368
Application or approval for private medical
examination or treatment (1)
This
section applies to the following— (a)
an
application made under previous section 16(1) if the
application had not been approved or refused
before the commencement (the previous
application ); (b) an approval
given by the chief executive under previous section 16(2) if
the examination or treatment the subject of
the approval had
not happened or
been completed
before the commencement (the
previous approval ).
(2) The previous application is taken to
be an application made under section 22(1).
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(3) The previous approval is taken to be
an approval given under section 22(3) and any conditions that
applied under the 2000 Act, or as stated in the previous
approval, continue to apply to the previous
approval. 369 Previous notice about lodging notice
of intention to marry and approval and decision about
marriage (1) A notice
given to
the chief executive
under previous
section 23(1) about lodging a notice of
intention to marry is taken to
be the notice
required under
section 26(1) about
lodging a notice of intention to
marry. (2) An approval, and any decision of the
chief executive about the way a
marriage is
to be conducted, under
previous section
23(2) is taken to
be an approval
or decision as
mentioned in section 26(2).
370 Previous notice about change of
name Section 27 does
not apply to
a person who
changes the
person’s name if the person gave notice to
the chief executive about the change under previous section
24. 371 Carrying on a business
Section 28(1) does not apply, until the end
of 21 days after the commencement, to a prisoner in a
corrective services facility who
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Division 3 Children
accommodated with female prisoners 372
Application or approval for accommodation of
child with prisoner (1)
This section
applies if
an application was
made under
previous section
20 to have a
child accommodated with
a prisoner (the previous
application ). (2) If the previous
application was neither approved nor refused before the
commencement, the previous application is taken to be an
application made under section 29(3). (3)
If the previous
application was
granted before
the commencement, and the grant was not
cancelled or the child was not
removed before
the commencement, the
previous application is
taken to have been granted under section 30(1). (4)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that, under section 31, the
chief executive may remove a child being
accommodated with a prisoner in
a corrective services
facility even
though the
chief executive
did not originally grant
the application allowing the
child to be so accommodated. 373
Reviewing decisions about children
(1) This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement, a female prisoner was
entitled to apply under previous section 22 to the chief
executive to review a decision mentioned in
that section, but had not applied. (2)
The
female prisoner may apply for a review of the decision
under previous
section 22, and
the chief executive
must review the
decision, as if this Act had not been enacted. 374
Existing application for review of decision
about accommodation of child with prisoner
(1) This section applies if, before the
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(a) a person
had applied under
previous section
22 for a review of a
decision mentioned in that section; and (b)
the application had
not been dealt
with by
the chief executive
giving the
prisoner written
notice of
the decision. (2)
The chief executive
must deal
with the
application under
previous section 22 as if this Act had not
been enacted. Division 4 Search of
prisoners 375 Existing order for personal searching
whenever prisoner leaves part of secure facility
(1) This section
applies to
an order given
under previous
section 26(1) in
relation to
a part of
a secure facility
if the order was in
force immediately before the commencement. (2)
The
order is taken to be an order given by the chief executive
under section 34(1) in relation to the part
of the secure facility. 376 Existing
direction or order for strip searching of prisoner
(1) This section
applies to
a direction or
order given
under previous section
26A in relation to a prisoner if the direction or order was in
force immediately before the commencement. (2)
A direction under
previous section
26A(1) is taken to
be a direction given
under section 35(1) in relation to the prisoner.
(3) An order under previous section
26A(2)— (a) is taken to be an order giving effect
to a direction under section 35(1) in relation to the
prisoner; and (b) may be amended or cancelled by the
chief executive. 377 Continuation of register of
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commencement is
taken to
be part of
the register required
under section 40(1) for the facility.
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378 Test samples (1)
A test sample
given by
a person under
previous section
30 before the commencement is taken to have
been given by the person under section 41. (2)
For
section 43, a reference to a positive test sample includes—
(a) a test sample for which test results
obtained before the commencement showed the sample to be a
positive test sample under the 2000 Act; or
(b) a test sample given before the
commencement for which test results
obtained after
the commencement showed
the
sample to be a positive test sample under this Act.
379 Requirement for test sample before
commencement but test sample not given (1)
This
section applies if— (a) a person was required to give a test
sample as mentioned in previous section 30; and
(b) the person
had not complied
with the
requirement before the
commencement. (2) The previous requirement is taken to
be a requirement under section 41. Division 5
Mail
and phone calls 380 Phone calls The approval of
a person or number as mentioned in previous section
36(1)(b) and in force
immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
be an approval
of the person
or telephone number as mentioned in
section 50(1)(b). Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 6 Special
treatment orders and crisis support
orders Not authorised —indicative
only 381 Special treatment
order and crisis support order (1)
This
section applies to each of the following (each of which is
a previous order
) if the
previous order
was in force
immediately before the commencement—
(a) a special
treatment order
made under
previous section
38; (b) a crisis support order made under
previous section 42. (2) The previous
order— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to be a safety order made
under section 53. (3) A medical examination carried out on
the prisoner the subject of the previous order under previous
section 40 or 45 is taken to be a medical examination carried
out on the prisoner under section 57. 382
Review of special treatment order
(1) If, immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner had
asked, under
previous section
39(2), for a special
treatment order to be
referred to an official visitor for review, the chief
executive must
ensure the
order was
or is referred
to an official visitor
for review. (2) The referral of the special treatment
order to an official visitor before
or after the
commencement is
taken to
be a referral
made
under section 56. 383 Review of crisis support order
(1) If, immediately before
the commencement, a
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or is referred
to a doctor
or psychologist as
required under
previous section 44(2). (2)
The referral of
the crisis support
order to
a doctor or
psychologist before or after the
commencement is taken to be a referral made
under section 55(1). 384 Continuation of records about special
treatment orders and crisis support orders
(1) This section
applies to
each of
the following records
as in existence
immediately before
the commencement (each
of which is a previous
record )— (a) the record kept
for a corrective services facility under previous section
41; (b) the record kept for a corrective
services facility under previous section 46.
(2) Each previous record kept for a
corrective services facility is taken to be part
of the record required under section 59(1) for the
facility. Division 7 Maximum security
orders 385 Maximum security order
(1) This section applies to a maximum
security order made under previous section
47 and in force
immediately before
the commencement (the previous
order ). (2) The previous
order— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken
to be a
maximum security
order made
under section
60. Current as at [Not applicable]
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386 Medical examination
A
medical examination carried out under previous section 51
on a prisoner
the subject of
an order made
under previous
section 47 is taken to be a medical
examination carried out on the prisoner under section 64.
Not authorised —indicative
only 387 Review of maximum
security order (1) If, immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner had
asked, under previous section 50(1) or (6),
for an order under previous section
47 to be referred
to an official
visitor for
review, the chief executive must ensure the
order was or is referred to an official visitor for
review. (2) The referral of the order to an
official visitor before or after the
commencement is
taken to
be a referral
made under
section 63. (3)
If, immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner was
entitled under previous section 50(1) to ask
for a maximum security order to be referred to an official
visitor for review, but had not asked, the prisoner may apply
under section 63 for the referral. 388
Continuation of record about maximum
security orders The record kept
for a corrective services
facility under
previous section 52 and in existence
immediately before the commencement is
taken to
be part of
the record required
under section 65 for the corrective services
facility. Division 8 Transfer and
removal of prisoners 389 Transfer to another corrective
services facility or health institution (1)
An
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(b) is taken to be an order made by the
chief executive under section 68(1) for the prisoner.
(2) Subsection (3) applies
if, immediately before
the commencement— (a)
a
prisoner had asked, under previous section 53(5), for a
review of a decision transferring the
prisoner; and (b) the chief
executive had
not confirmed, amended
or cancelled the decision.
(3) The chief
executive must
reconsider the
decision as
if the prisoner
had made an
application for
the reconsideration under section
71(2). (4) If, immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner was
entitled under previous section 53(5) to ask
for a review of a decision transferring the
prisoner, but
had not asked,
the prisoner may apply under section 71(2)
for a reconsideration of the decision. (5)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that section 68(5) applies
to a
person who, before the commencement, was a prisoner
who was transferred to
an authorised mental
health service
and
became a classified patient under the Mental Health
Act 2000 .
390 Transfer to court An
order or
attendance authority
as mentioned in
previous section
54(1) for producing a
prisoner at
a time after
the commencement— (a)
continues in force according to its terms;
and (b) is taken
to be an
order or
attendance authority
as mentioned in section 69(1) for
producing the prisoner. 391 Removal of
prisoner for law enforcement purposes (1)
An
authority given under previous section 55(2) for a prisoner
to be removed
from a
corrective services
facility at
a time after the
commencement— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken
to be an
authority given
under section
70(2) relating to the prisoner.
(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that section 70(4) applies to the prisoner. 392
WORC
and WCC programs (1) This section
applies to
an order made
under previous
section 56 for a prisoner to participate in
a WORC program or WCC program as
mentioned in
that section
(the previous
order ).
(2) If the
previous order
was in force
immediately before
the commencement, the previous
order— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to be a work order made under
section 66 for the prisoner. Division 9
Leave of absence 393
Existing order for leave other than
resettlement leave (1) This section
applies to
an order granting
leave, other
than resettlement
leave, to a prisoner under previous section 58(1)
(the previous
order )
if the previous
order was
in force immediately
before the commencement. (2) The previous
order continues in force according to its terms and is taken to
be an order made under section 72. (3)
If
previous section 58(1) included a term to describe the leave
granted by
the previous order
and that term
is used in
section 72(1) to describe leave, the
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394 Existing order for resettlement
leave (1) This section applies to an order
granting resettlement leave to a
prisoner under
previous section
58(1)(e) (the previous
order ) if the
previous order was in force immediately before the
commencement. (2) The previous order—
(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to be an order made under
section 72(1)(f). (3) The resettlement leave
program under
the previous order
is taken to be an approved resettlement
leave program. 395 Existing authority for prisoner’s
expenses while on leave An authority
under previous
section 63(1) that
was in force
immediately before the commencement—
(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to be an authority under
section 83(1). 396 Existing suspension of order for leave
and requirement to return to corrective services
facility A suspension and
requirement under
previous section
64(4) that was in force immediately before the
commencement— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken
to be a
suspension and
requirement under
section 85(1). Division
10 Interstate leave of absence
397 Existing interstate leave
permit (1) This section applies to an interstate
leave permit issued to a prisoner under previous section 67
(the previous permit ) if—
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(a) the permit
was in force
immediately before
the commencement; and (b)
the
period stated in the permit had not expired before the
commencement. (2)
The
previous permit— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken
to be an
interstate leave
permit issued
under section
89. 398 Existing warrant for return of
interstate prisoner (1) This section
applies to
a warrant issued
for an interstate prisoner under
previous section 72(4) (the previous
warrant ) if, immediately before the
commencement, the warrant was in effect and had
not been executed. (2) The previous warrant—
(a) continues to have effect according to
its terms; and (b) is taken to be a warrant issued under
section 95(4). 399 Liability for damage because of
interstate leave permit Previous section
73 continues to
apply in
relation to
an act done
or omission made,
or a right
of action that
existed, before
the commencement, as
if this Act
had not been
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Division 11 Remission and
conditional release Not authorised —indicative only
Subdivision 1 Remission
400 Existing grant of remission
A
grant of remission made under previous section 75(2) or (4)
before the commencement is not affected by
the enactment of this Act. 401
Eligibility for remission
(1) This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement— (a)
a prisoner was
eligible for
remission of
a term of
imprisonment under previous section 75(1);
and (b) the prisoner had served at least
two-thirds of the term of imprisonment; and (c)
the chief executive
had not made
a decision about
granting remission of the term of
imprisonment. (2) The chief executive must make a
decision about granting the remission
under previous
section 75 as
if this Act
had not been
enacted. (3) For subsection (2), previous sections
77, 78 and 79 continue to apply as if this Act had not been
enacted. 402 Court order for remaking decision
about remission (1) This section applies to a decision of
the chief executive under previous section 75 or section 401
about a grant of remission if, after the commencement, a court
orders the decision be set aside and remade. (2)
The
chief executive must remake the decision about granting
remission under
previous section
75 as if this
Act had not
been
enacted. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(3) For subsection (2), previous sections
77, 78 and 79 continue to apply as if this Act had not been
enacted. Not authorised —indicative
only Subdivision 2 Conditional
release 403 Existing conditional release
order (1) This section
applies to
a conditional release
order for
a prisoner made
under previous
section 76(3) before
the commencement (the
previous order
) if, immediately before
the
commencement, the previous order had not expired or had
not
been suspended or cancelled under previous section 80.
(2) The previous
order as
in force immediately before
the commencement— (a)
continues in force according to its terms;
and (b) is taken to be a conditional release
order for the prisoner made under section 98(1).
(3) Subsection (4) applies
if, immediately before
the commencement, the
previous order
was suspended or
cancelled under previous section 80 and
matters in relation to the suspension or cancellation had not
been fully dealt with under the 2000 Act.
Examples for subsection (3)—
1 If the chief executive had not issued
a warrant under previous section 80(2), the
chief executive
may issue a
warrant under
section 104(1). 2
If the chief
executive had
not given the
relevant prisoner
an information notice
under previous
section 80(5), the
chief executive
must give
the prisoner an
information notice
under section
105(1). (4) Chapter 2, part 2, division 10,
subdivision 3 of this Act applies in relation to
the suspension or cancellation. (5)
However, if,
because of
a suspension or
cancellation made
before the
commencement, the
chief executive
intends to
make
another order for the conditional release of the prisoner,
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it must be
made under
this Act
and not under
previous section
76. Not authorised —indicative only
404 Notice about considering to refuse to
make conditional release order (1)
This
section applies if, before the commencement, the chief
executive— (a)
gave a
prisoner a
notice under
previous section
79(2) about an order for the prisoner’s
conditional release (the previous notice ); and
(b) had not
given a
written notice
under previous
section 79(3) refusing the conditional
release. (2) The previous
notice is
taken to
be a notice
given to
the prisoner under section 101(1).
Division 12 Arrest of
prisoners 405 Existing warrant for prisoner
unlawfully at large (1) A prisoner who, immediately before the
commencement, was unlawfully at
large as
defined under
previous section
85 is taken to
be a prisoner
who is unlawfully at
large under
section 112. (2)
For
section 112(4), any period a prisoner is unlawfully at large
includes any
period before
the commencement that
the prisoner was
unlawfully at
large as
defined under
previous section
85. (3) A warrant issued for a prisoner under
previous section 85(2) that, immediately before the
commencement, had effect and had not been
executed— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to be a warrant issued under
section 112(2); and (c) may be
executed by
any corrective services
officer or
any
police officer. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Note— See
also the
Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000 ,
section 798. Not
authorised —indicative
only Part 3 Breaches and
offences Division 1 Breaches of
discipline by prisoners 406 Act or omission
that is a breach of discipline before commencement (1)
This section
applies to
an act done
or omission made
by a prisoner before
the commencement that— (a) was a breach of
discipline under the 2000 Act as in force immediately
before the commencement; and (b)
had
not been finally dealt with under that Act before the
commencement. (2)
Previous chapter 3, part 1 (the
applied discipline procedure
) applies in relation to the act or
omission as if this Act had not been
enacted. (3) For the applied discipline
procedure— (a) a reference
in previous section
86(4) to the person
in charge of a corrective services
facility is taken to be a reference to the person the chief
executive considers is the most
appropriate person
at the corrective services
facility to whom the commissioner’s advice
should be given; and (b)
a reference in
previous section
86(7) to an approved
form is
taken to
be a reference
to the relevant
form approved under
the 2000 Act. (4) Despite subsection (2), previous
section 90 does not apply, but the
chief executive
must comply
with section
120 for a decision, and
any review of a decision, in relation to the act or
omission under the applied discipline
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407 Existing order for separate
confinement Each of
the following orders
is taken to
be an order
made under section
118(2)(c)— (a) an order for the separate confinement
of a prisoner made under previous
section 88, if
the order was
in force immediately
before the commencement; (b) an order for the
separate confinement of a prisoner made after
the commencement under
the applied discipline procedure. Note—
See
section 406. 408 Review of decision about breach of
discipline The applied discipline procedure applies to
a decision that a prisoner has
committed a
breach of
discipline, whether
the decision was made— (a)
before the
commencement, under
previous section
88; or (b) after
the commencement, under
the applied discipline procedure. Note—
See
section 406. 409 Continuation of disciplinary breach
register A register kept for a corrective services
facility under previous section 90 and
in existence immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
be part of
the register required
under section 120 for the corrective
services facility. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 2 Seizing
property 410 Dealing with seized property
(1) This section
applies to
a thing seized
under previous
section 106 that has not been finally dealt
with under previous chapter 3, part 4 before the
commencement. (2) The thing is taken to have been seized
under— (a) if it is a prisoner’s privileged
mail—section 46(1)(a)(i); or (b)
if
it is a prisoner’s ordinary mail—section 46(1)(a)(ii);
or (c) if it is
something found in a prisoner’s privileged mail—
section 47; or (d)
if
it is something else—section 138. (3)
A receipt given
for the thing
under previous
section 107 is
taken to be a receipt given for the thing
under section 139. Note— A thing to which
this section applies may be forfeited under section 140
or
returned under section 141. 411 Forfeiting seized
thing If, before the
commencement, a
notice was
given under
previous section 108(2) to the owner of a
thing mentioned in previous section 106, the notice is taken to
have been given by the chief executive under section
140(2). 412 Review of decision to forfeit
(1) This section
applies to
a person who,
before the
commencement, was
entitled to
apply for
a review of
a decision to forfeit a thing.
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(2) If, before the commencement, the
person had applied for the review, the
application must
be dealt with
under previous
section 109 as if this Act had not been
enacted. (3) If the
person had
not applied for
the review before
the commencement, the person may apply for
the review after the commencement, but only within 28 days
after the notice of the decision was given to the
person. (4) If the
person applies
for the review
as mentioned in
subsection (3), the
application must
be dealt with
under previous section
109 as if this Act had not been enacted. Division 3
Use
of lethal force 413 Continuation of authorisation for
issue, handling and storage of weapons An authorisation
given to a corrective services officer under previous
section 114 and
in force immediately before
the commencement— (a)
continues in force according to its terms;
and (b) is taken
to be an
authority given
to the officer
under section
145. 414 Continuation of record of use of
lethal force The record kept under previous section 117
and in existence immediately before the commencement is taken
to be part of the record required under section
148. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Part
4 Corrective services facilities
Division 1 Existing
corrective services facilities 415
Prisons (1)
The declaration of
a place as
a prison under
previous section
118(1)(a) and in force
immediately before
the commencement is taken to be a
declaration of the place as a prison under
section 149(1)(a). (2) The assignment of
a name to
a prison under
previous section
118(1)(b) and in force
immediately before
the commencement is taken to be an
assignment of the name to the prison under section
149(1)(b). (3) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that the declaration and assignment continued
in force under
this section
may be amended or
repealed under section 149(1). 416
Community corrections centres
(1) The declaration of a place as a
community corrections centre under previous
section 120(1)(a)(i) and in force immediately before the
commencement is taken to be a declaration of the
place as
a community corrections centre
under section
151(1)(a)(i). (2) The assignment of a name to a
community corrections centre under previous
section 120(1)(b)(i) and in force immediately before the
commencement is taken to be an assignment of the
name to
the community corrections centre
under section
151(1)(b)(i). (3) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
a declaration and
assignment continued
in force under
this section
may be amended or
repealed under section 151(1). Page 322
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417 WORC sites and WCC sites
(1) The declaration of a place as a WORC
site or WCC site under previous section
120(1)(a) and in force
immediately before
the
commencement is taken to be a declaration of the place as
a
work camp under section 151(1)(a)(ii). (2)
The
assignment of a name to a WORC site or WCC site under
previous section
120(1)(b) and in force
immediately before
the
commencement is taken to be an assignment of the name
to
the work camp under section 151(1)(b)(ii). (3)
To remove any
doubt, it
is declared that
a declaration and
assignment continued
in force under
this section
may be amended or
repealed under section 151(1). Division 2
Visiting corrective services
facilities 418
Approval for personal visit to be a contact
visit An approval given to a person under previous
section 124(1) and in force immediately before the
commencement is taken to be
an approval given
by the chief
executive under
section 154(1). 419
Existing application for approval to access
corrective services facility An application
under previous section 125(1) for approval to access a
corrective services facility that is neither granted nor
refused before
the commencement is
taken to
be an application
under section 155 in relation to the facility. 420
Approval to access corrective services
facility An approval given to a person under previous
section 125(2) and in force immediately before the
commencement is taken to be
an approval given
by the chief
executive under
section 156(1). Current as at
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421 Existing entitlement to apply for
review of refusal for access approval (1)
This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement, a person was entitled to
apply under previous section 125(5) to
the chief executive
to review a
decision refusing
approval to access a corrective services facility.
(2) The person is taken to be a visitor
who has been refused an access approval as mentioned in
section 156(7). 422 Proof of identity A
fingerprint, palm
print, footprint, toeprint,
eye print or
voiceprint kept
by the chief
executive under
previous section
127 is taken to
be an identifying particular for
section 162. 423
Existing suspension of approval to access
corrective services facility A
suspension under
previous section
128 in relation to
a person that
was in force
immediately before
the commencement is taken to be a
suspension made by the chief executive under
section 157. 424 Existing entitlement to apply for
review of suspension of approval to access corrective services
facility (1) This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement, a person was entitled to
apply under previous section 128(3) to
the chief executive
to review a
decision suspending the
person from
entering a
corrective services
facility. (2)
The
person is taken to be a visitor whose access approval has
been
suspended as mentioned in section 157(6). Page 324
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425 Monitoring personal visits
An
audiovisual recording, or other monitoring record, made
under previous
section 129 and
in existence immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
be an audiovisual recording,
visual recording or other monitoring record, under
section 158. Part 5
Parole Division 1
Existing post-prison community
based release orders 426
Post-prison community based release
order A post-prison community based release order
granted under the 2000 Act
and in force
immediately before
the commencement (the previous
order )— (a) continues in
force according to its terms; and (b)
is
taken to be a parole order granted under this Act.
427 Eligibility for post-prison community
based release order (1) This section
applies to
a prisoner who
was eligible, immediately before
the commencement, for
a post-prison community based
release order under previous section 134. (2)
The
date the prisoner was eligible to apply for the post-prison
community based release order under previous
section 135 is taken to be the prisoner’s parole
eligibility date for a parole order under
chapter 5, part 1, division 1, subdivision 2. (3)
Subsection (2) is subject to the
Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , section
213. Current as at [Not applicable]
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428 Application for post-prison community
based release order (1)
This section
applies to
an application for
a post-prison community based
release order made, but not decided, under previous
section 133 or
134 before the
commencement (the
previous application ).
(2) The previous application is taken to
be an application for a parole order— (a)
if the previous
application was
made under
previous section
133—under section 176; or (b) if
the previous application was
made under
previous section
134—under section 180. (3) The previous
application is taken to have been made to, or for
a
parole order to be granted by, the replacement board for the
parole board that may, under the 2000 Act,
have granted the parole order. (4)
This
Act applies to the previous application in relation to the
way the replacement board
may deal with
the previous application. 429
Existing authority for prisoner’s expenses
while on parole An authority
given under previous section 145(2) and in force
immediately before the commencement—
(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) may be amended or cancelled by the
chief executive. 430 Travelling interstate or overseas
while on parole (1) This section applies to an order under
previous section 147 or 148 (the previous
order ) granting leave to a prisoner if any
time
for taking the leave as stated in the previous order has not
expired. (2)
The
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(a) if the leave was for the prisoner to
travel interstate for not more
than 7
days—the chief
executive under
section 212(1); or (b)
if
the leave was for the prisoner to travel interstate for
more than
7 days—the relevant
replacement board
under section 212(3); or (c)
if
the leave was for the prisoner to travel overseas—the
Queensland board under section 213.
(3) In this section— relevant
replacement board means the replacement board for
the
parole board that granted the leave to the prisoner.
431 Suspension of parole order by chief
executive (1) This section applies to a post-prison
community based release order (the previous
order ) that was suspended by an order of
the chief executive
under previous
section 149 if
the suspension was
in force immediately before
the commencement. (2)
The previous order
is taken to
have been
suspended under
section 201(2). (3)
If, because of
the suspension, the
chief executive
issued a
warrant under previous section 149(2) and
the warrant was in effect and had not been executed before the
commencement, it— (a) continues to
have effect according to its terms; and (b)
is
taken to be a warrant issued under section 202. (4)
If
the chief executive had not issued a warrant under previous
section 149(2), the chief executive may
issue a warrant under section 202 for the prisoner the
subject of the previous order. Current as at
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only 432 Amendment,
suspension or cancellation of parole order by corrections
board (1) This section applies to a post-prison
community based release order (the
previous order
) that was
amended, suspended
or cancelled by an order of a corrections
board under previous section 150 if the amendment,
suspension or cancellation was in force
immediately before the commencement. (2)
The
previous order is taken to have been amended, suspended
or cancelled by
the replacement board
for the corrections board under
section 205(2). (3) If, because of the suspension or
cancellation, a warrant was issued under
previous section 150(2) and the warrant was in effect and had
not been executed before the commencement, it—
(a) continues to have effect according to
its terms; and (b) is taken to be— (i)
for
a warrant issued by the corrections board under previous
section 150(2)(a)—a warrant
issued by
the replacement board
for the corrections board
under section 206(1)(a); or
(ii) for
a warrant issued
under previous
section 150(2)(b)—a warrant
issued under
section 206(1)(b). (4)
If a
warrant had not been issued under previous section 150(2)
before the
commencement, a
warrant may
be issued by
the replacement board for the corrections
board or a magistrate under section 206 for the prisoner the
subject of the previous order. (5)
If an information notice
was given to
the prisoner under
previous section 150(5) and written
submissions given to the corrections board by the prisoner had
not been finally dealt with under
previous section
150(6) before the
commencement, the information notice is
taken to have been given by
the replacement board
for the corrections board
under— Page 328
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(a) for an information notice about the
amendment of the previous order—section 205(3); or
(b) for an
information notice
about the
suspension or
cancellation of the previous order—section
208(1). (6) If an
information notice
had
not been given
to the prisoner
under previous section 150(5) before the
commencement, an information notice
may be given
to the prisoner
by the replacement
board for the corrections board under— (a)
for
an information notice about the amendment of the
previous order—section 205(3); or
(b) for an
information notice
about the
suspension or
cancellation of the previous order—section
208(1). (7) If the replacement board changes the
decision the subject of an information notice mentioned in
subsection (5) or (6), the changed decision has effect despite
section 426(a). 433 Reviewing existing regional board’s
decision to refuse application (1)
This
section applies if, before the commencement— (a)
a prisoner applied
under previous
section 155 for
a review of a refusal of an application
by the prisoner; and (b) the
Queensland board
established under
the 2000 Act
had not taken
action mentioned
in previous section
155(5)(a) or (b). (2) The Queensland Parole Board must
review the refusal under chapter 5, part 1, division 2,
subdivision 3. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 2 Existing
community corrections boards Subdivision
1 Queensland Community Corrections
Board 434 Queensland Community Corrections
Board (1) The Queensland Community
Corrections Board
established under the 2000
Act continues in existence as the Queensland Parole Board
until whichever of the following happens first— (a)
the
appointment day of the Queensland Parole Board; (b)
1
year after the commencement. (2)
The person who,
immediately before
the commencement, holds
appointment as the president, or deputy president, of the
Queensland Community Corrections Board holds
office as the president, or
deputy president, of
the Queensland Parole
Board until its appointment day.
(3) In this section— appointment
day , of the Queensland Parole Board, means
the day on which
each of
the appointments mentioned
in section 218(1)(a) and
(b) is published
in the gazette
for the first time under
that section. 435 Secretary of Queensland Community
Corrections Board (1) This section applies to the person who
was the secretary of the Queensland Community
Corrections Board
immediately before the
commencement. (2) The person is taken to have been
appointed as secretary of the Queensland board
under section 223. Page 330 Current as at
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436 Existing guidelines
Guidelines made
under previous
section 167 and
in force immediately
before the commencement are taken to be— (a)
for guidelines made
under previous
section 167(1)— guidelines made
under section 227(1); or (b) for
guidelines made
under previous
section 167(2)— guidelines made
under section 227(2). 437 Annual
report (1) This section applies if the annual
report for the financial year ending 30 June
2006 as required under previous section 168 has
not been given
under that
section before
the commencement. (2)
The Queensland Parole
Board must
give the
report to
the Minister under
previous section
168 as if this
Act had not
been
enacted. Subdivision 2 Regional
community corrections boards 438
Existing regional boards (1)
The
following existing regional boards are taken to have been
established under
this Act
as the Central
and Northern Queensland Regional
Parole Board
for the area
north of
latitude 26º south— (a)
the
North Queensland Regional Community Corrections Board;
(b) the Townsville Regional Community
Corrections Board; (c) the Central
Queensland Regional
Community Corrections
Board. (2) The following existing regional boards
are taken to have been established under
this Act
as the Southern
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Regional Parole
Board for
the area south
of latitude 26º
south— (a)
the
Brisbane Regional Community Corrections Board; (b)
the
South Queensland Regional Community Corrections Board;
(c) the West
Moreton Regional
Community Corrections Board.
(3) Subsections (1) and
(2) do not
affect section
230 and a regulation under
that section
may abolish a
regional board
mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) or assign
a different name to a regional board mentioned in subsection
(1) or (2). 439 Continuation of member’s
appointment (1) A person who, immediately before the
commencement, holds appointment as
a member of
an existing regional
board mentioned in
section 438(1) is taken to be a member of the Central and
Northern Queensland Regional Parole Board until the member’s
office is vacated under section 236. (2)
A
person who, immediately before the commencement, holds
appointment as
a member of
an existing regional
board mentioned in
section 438(2) is taken to be a member of the Southern
Queensland Regional
Parole Board
until the
member’s office is vacated under section
236. (3) A person who, immediately before the
commencement, holds appointment as
the president, or
deputy president, of
an existing regional board goes out of
office as the president, or deputy
president, on the commencement and is not entitled to
compensation because of the operation of
this subsection. 440 Secretary of existing regional
board A person who, immediately before the
commencement, holds appointment as
the secretary of
an existing regional
board goes out of
office as the secretary on the commencement. Page 332
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441 Annual report of existing regional
board (1) This section
applies if
the annual report
for an existing
regional board for the financial year ending
30 June 2006 has not been given
under previous
section 180 before
the commencement. (2)
The
replacement board must give the report to the Queensland
board on or before 30 September 2006.
(3) For subsection (2), the person who was
the president of the existing regional
board must
give help
to the replacement board.
Subdivision 3 Powers of
corrections boards 442 Powers of corrections board to require
attendance (1) This section applies if, before the
commencement— (a) a corrections board
issued an
attendance notice
under previous section
182 (the previous attendance notice
); and (b)
the
time stated in the previous attendance notice as the
stated time for a person to attend a board
meeting to give relevant information, or to produce a stated
document, has not ended. (2)
The
previous attendance notice— (a)
continues in force according to its terms;
and (b) is taken
to be an
attendance notice
given by
the replacement board under section
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Part
6 Administration Division 1
Chief executive 443
Functions and powers of chief
executive (1) This section applies if—
(a) the chief
executive exercised
a power under
previous section 188
(the previous power ) and the power
may be exercised by the chief executive under this
Act; and (b) the previous
power, as
exercised, continued
to have effect
immediately before the commencement. (2)
The
previous power, as exercised— (a)
continues to have effect; and
(b) is taken to have been exercised under
section 263. 444 Existing administrative policies and
procedures (1) An administrative policy made under
previous section 189(1) and in force immediately before the
commencement continues in force according to its
terms. (2) An administrative procedure
made under
previous section
189(1) and in force
immediately before
the commencement— (a)
continues in force according to its terms;
and (b) is taken to have been made under
section 265(1). 445 Existing services and programs
A service or
program established under
previous section
190(1) and in existence
immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
have been
established under
section 266(1). Page 334
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446 Monitoring devices If, before the
commencement, the chief executive required an offender to wear
a device under previous section 191 and the requirement
continued to have effect immediately before the commencement,
the requirement— (a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to have been made under
section 267. 447 Declaration of emergency
(1) This section applies if, before the
commencement— (a) the chief
executive declared
an emergency exists
in relation to
a prison under
previous section
192 (the previous
declaration ); and (b)
the
previous declaration had not lapsed or been revoked.
(2) The previous declaration—
(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to have been made under
section 268. 448 Commissioner to provide police
If,
before the commencement, the chief executive asked the
commissioner to
provide police
officers under
previous section
193, the request is
taken to
have been
made under
section 269. Division 2
Engaged service providers
449 Existing authorisation for engaged
service provider An authorisation of an entity as an engaged
service provider under previous section 196 and in force
immediately before the commencement (the previous
authorisation )— (a) continues in
force according to its terms; and Current as at
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(b) is taken
to be an
authorisation of
the entity as
an engaged service provider under section
272. 450 Review of engaged service provider’s
performance (1) This section
applies to
the appointment of
a person under
previous section
198(1) to review an
engaged service
provider’s performance of authorised
functions (the previous appointment )
if,
before the commencement, the
person had
not
finished preparing the report on the review for the chief
executive. (2)
The
previous appointment— (a) continues in
force according to its terms; and (b)
is taken to
be an appointment under
section 274 to
review the
engaged service
provider’s performance of
the
authorised functions. Division 3 Continuing
appointments 451 General provision about appointments
or authorisations continued under div 3 An
appointment or
authorisation made
before the
commencement that
is, under this
division, taken
to be an
appointment or
authorisation under
a provision of
this Act,
continues— (a)
until the
end of the
term of
appointment or
authorisation, if any; and
(b) on the
conditions of
the appointment or
authorisation that are
consistent with this Act. 452 Corrective
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to be appointed
as a corrective services
officer under
section 275. 453
Corrective services dogs A
dog that, immediately before
the commencement, was
a corrective services dog under previous
section 205(b) is taken to be certified as a corrective
services dog under section 279. 454
Doctors A person who,
immediately before the commencement, was a doctor for a
prison under previous section 209(1)(a) is taken
to be appointed
as a doctor
for the prison
under section
283(1). Note— There is no
longer to be an appointment of a doctor for a corrective
services facility that is not a
prison. 455 Official visitors (1)
A
person who, immediately before the commencement, was
an official visitor
for a corrective services
facility under
previous section
211 is taken to
be appointed as
an official visitor under
section 285. (2) Section 285(2) does not apply to the
person if the person has been appointed
as an official
visitor for
more than
6 years, including any
period before the commencement. 456
Elders, respected persons and indigenous
spiritual healers (1)
This
section applies to a person who, immediately before the
commencement, was an Aboriginal or Torres
Strait Islander elder, respected
person or
indigenous spiritual
healer for
a corrective services facility under
previous section 218. Current as at [Not applicable]
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(2) The person is taken to be appointed as
an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander elder, respected
person or indigenous spiritual healer for the
facility under section 293. 457 Inspectors
A
person who, immediately before the commencement, was
an inspector under
previous section
219 is taken to
be appointed as an inspector under
section 294. 458 Inspector’s reports
(1) This section applies if, before the
commencement, inspectors appointed under
previous section
219(3) to investigate an
incident had not given the chief executive a
report as required under previous section 223.
(2) The inspectors are
taken to
have been
appointed under
section 295(1) for the incident.
Note— Section 305
provides for the inspectors’ report. (3)
To
remove any doubt, it is declared that section 295(2) does
not
apply to the appointment. 459 Volunteers
A
person who immediately before the commencement was a
volunteer under previous section 224 is
taken to be authorised as a volunteer under section
306. 460 Prisoner in proper officer of the
court’s custody (1) A person who, under previous section
231, was in the custody of the
proper officer
of a court
immediately before
the commencement continues in the custody
of the proper officer of the court under section
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(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the
application of a provision of this Act providing for when a
person is in another person’s custody.
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Division 4 Property
461 Prisoners trust fund
(1) The prisoners
trust fund
kept under
previous section
233 is continued in
existence as
the prisoners trust
fund (the
new fund )
required to
be kept by
the chief executive
under section
311(1). (2) An amount
in the prisoners
trust fund
to the credit
of a prisoner
immediately before
the commencement is
the amount in the prisoner’s account in
the new fund. (3) If the
chief executive
was authorised under
previous section 236 to
deduct an amount from a prisoner’s account but had not deducted
the amount before the commencement, the deduction may be
made under section 314. 462 Trust account
records The records kept under previous section 234
and in existence immediately before the commencement are
taken to be part of the records required to be kept under
section 312. 463 Investment of prisoners trust
fund Section 315(2) applies
in relation to
any investment made
under previous section 237(1) if the
investment matures after the commencement. 464
Remuneration of prisoners
(1) An approval
of an activity
or program under
previous section
238 and in force
immediately before
the commencement— Current as at
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(a) continues in force according to its
terms; and (b) is taken to have been given under
section 316. (2) The rates
set by the
chief executive
under previous
section 238 and
in force immediately before
the commencement— (a)
continue in force according to the terms of
setting the rates; and (b)
are
taken to have been set under section 316. Division 5
Compensation 465
Compensation for loss or damage to
property (1) This section
applies if,
immediately before
the commencement, a person was entitled to
apply under previous section 241(2) for
compensation for
loss or
damage mentioned in the
section. (2) The person may apply for the
compensation under previous section 241(2)
as if this Act had not been enacted. Division 6
Information 466
Concerned persons (1)
The
register of concerned persons established under previous
section 242 and
in existence immediately before
the commencement is
taken to
be part of
the eligible persons
register. (2)
An
application under previous section 242(2) that has neither
been
granted nor refused before the commencement is taken
to
be an application under section 320(2). (3)
A notice under
previous section
242(3) is taken to
be the nomination of an
entity under section 320(4). Page 340
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467 Commissioner to provide criminal
history (1) This section applies if, before the
commencement— (a) the chief executive asked the
commissioner for a report about the
criminal history
of a person
under previous
section 244 (the previous
request ); and (b)
the
commissioner had not given the report. (2)
The
previous request is taken to be a request under—
(a) for a previous request about an
offender mentioned in previous section 244(1)(a)—section
342(1); or (b) otherwise—section 334(2).
468 Traffic history (1)
This
section applies if, before the commencement— (a)
the
chief executive asked the transport chief executive
for a report
about an
offender’s traffic
history under
previous section 244A (the
previous request ); and
(b) the transport chief executive had not
given the report. (2) The previous
request is
taken to
be a request
under section
343. Division 7 Legal
provisions 469 Proceedings (1)
A proceeding started
before the
commencement under
a provision of
any of the
repealed Acts,
and pending at
the commencement, may be continued as if
this Act had not been enacted. (2)
In
this section— proceeding means a
proceeding— (a) under the
Judicial Review
Act 1991 in
relation to
a decision made under any of the
repealed Acts; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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(b) for an offence against a provision of
any of the repealed Acts. Part 7
Other transitional provisions
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only 470 References in
Acts or documents In an Act or document, if the context
permits— (a) a reference to the Corrective
Services Act 2000 is taken to be a
reference to this Act; and Example of document for paragraph
(a)— an industrial instrument within the meaning
of the Industrial Relations Act
1999 (b) a reference to the Corrective
Services Regulation 2001 is taken to be a reference to a
regulation made under this Act; and (c)
a
reference to a WORC site or WCC site is taken to be a
reference to a work camp; and
(d) a reference
to the person
in charge of
a corrective services
facility, or
a particular type
of corrective services
facility, within the meaning of the 2000 Act is taken to be a
reference to the chief executive; and (e)
a
reference to a special treatment order or crisis support
order is taken to be a reference to a safety
order; and (f) a reference to a community work order
is taken to be a reference to a work order; and
(g) a reference
to a post-prison community
based release
order is taken to be a reference to a parole
order; and (h) a reference
to post-prison community
based release
is taken to be a reference to parole;
and (i) a reference to the Queensland
Community Corrections Board is
taken to
be a reference
to the Queensland Parole Board;
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(j) a reference to a regional community
corrections board is taken to be a reference to—
(i) generally, a regional parole board;
or (ii) if
the reference is
to the North
Queensland Regional
Community Corrections Board,
the Townsville Regional
Community Corrections Board
or the Central
Queensland Regional
Community Corrections Board—the
Central and
Northern Queensland Regional Parole Board;
or (iii) if
the reference is
to the Brisbane
Regional Community
Corrections Board,
the South Queensland Regional
Community Corrections Board or the
West Moreton Regional Community Corrections Board—the
Southern Queensland Regional Parole
Board. 471 Authorities and actions
(1) This section applies to an authority
made, or an action taken, under a previous provision, if the
authority was in force or the action
continued to
have effect
immediately before
the commencement. (2)
If there is
a corresponding provision
of this Act
for the previous
provision, the authority or action— (a)
continues in force, or continues to have
effect, according to its terms; and (b)
is taken to
have been
made or
taken under
the corresponding provision of this
Act. (3) This section is subject to a specific
provision of this chapter in relation to the
authority or action. (4) In this
section— authority means
an approval, authorisation, certificate, classification,
decision, declaration, determination, direction,
guideline, instrument, order,
parole order,
permit, policy,
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procedure, recommendation, transfer
instrument or
other authority. corresponding provision
of this Act
, for an
authority or
action, includes a provision of this Act
that provides for the authority to
be made, or
action to
be taken, by
the chief executive even
if the person who made the authority or took the
action under
the previous provision
was not the
chief executive. made
includes given and issued.
order includes an
order given orally or in writing, but does not include a parole
order. previous provision
, for an
authority made
or action taken,
means a provision of one of the repealed
Acts under which the authority may be made or action
taken. 472 Corrective Services Rules
(1) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that,
to the extent
the corrective services rules were in
force immediately before the expiry
of the 2000
Act, section
272, the corrective services
rules expired on the expiry of that
section. Note— The 2000 Act,
section 272 expired on 1 July 2002. (2)
It is declared
that there
is not, and
never has
been, a
requirement to
publish any
of the following
rules of
the corrective services rules—
• rule 32
(Prisoner construction of
electronic or
electromechanical devices)
• rule 111
(Prescription of
Industrial and
Community Work
Centre, Wacol,
as a place
for the transfer
of prisoners) •
rule
172 (Prisoner protection) • rule
223 (Security related
training weapons
and munition standards)
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• rule 226
(Standard operational procedures for
the establishment of an incident
management centre (IMC)) • rule 230
(Management of hostage incidents in custodial correctional
centres) • rule 232 (Operation of Barringer
Ionscan narcotics and explosives detection unit)
• rule 233 (Maximum security
unit) • rule 236 (Risk management)
• rule 239 (Prisoner escort)
• rule 240 (Incident management).
(3) In this section— corrective
services rules means the corrective services rules—
(a) made under
the Corrective Services
(Administration) Act 1988
;
and (b) under the 2000 Act, section 272,
continued in force as regulations under the 2000 Act.
473 Previous expectations of
prisoner (1) This section
applies to
a prisoner sentenced
for an offence
committed before
the commencement, whether
or not the
prisoner was
sentenced for
the offence after
the commencement. (2)
From
the commencement, this chapter and chapters 2 and 5
are
the only provisions dealing with the previous expectations
of
the prisoner. (3) If, before
the commencement, the
prisoner had
a previous expectation, it
is extinguished to the extent it is not provided
for
under subsection (2). (4) Subsections
(2) and (3) apply
in relation to
an application made by the
prisoner and dealt with after the commencement even if the
application was made before the commencement. Current as at
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only (5) This
section has
no effect in
relation to
a proceeding mentioned in
section 469. (6) However, this section prevails to the
extent it is inconsistent with— (a)
section 471; or (b)
the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 ,
sections 20 and
20C(3), the Criminal Code, section 11(2),
the Penalties and Sentences
Act 1992 , section 180 or any other law of
similar effect. Note—
The Acts Interpretation Act
1954 ,
section 20 deals
with the
saving of the operation of a repealed Act
etc., and section 20C of that Act
deals with
the creation of
offences and
changes in
penalties. The
Criminal Code,
section 11(2) deals
with the
effect of
changes in a law. The
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
,
section 180 deals with the effect of alterations in
sentences. (7) In this section— previous
expectation , for a prisoner, means any
expectation the prisoner may have had in relation to a
matter under the 2000 Act, including, for example, any of the
following— (a) an expectation to
have a
review of
a classification as
mentioned in previous section 12(4);
(b) an expectation to
be transferred under
previous section
53(1); (c) an expectation to be granted approval
as mentioned in previous section 56(2); (d)
an
expectation to be eligible to participate in a WORC
program or
WCC program as
mentioned in
previous section
57; (e) an expectation to
be granted leave
of absence under
previous chapter 2, part 2, division
9; (f) an expectation to be granted remission
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(g) an expectation to be granted
conditional release under previous section 76;
(h) an expectation to
be discharged or
released on
a particular day,
as mentioned in
previous section
82 or 83. Not
authorised —indicative only
474 All release to be dealt with under
this Act (1) This section
applies to
a prisoner sentenced
for an offence
committed before
the commencement, whether
or not the
prisoner was
sentenced for
the offence after
the commencement. (2)
From
the commencement— (a) this chapter and chapters 2 and 5 are
the only provisions under which the prisoner may be released
before the end of the period of imprisonment to which the
prisoner has been sentenced; and (b)
the
only requirements for the granting of the release are
the
requirements that apply under this Act. (3)
If, before the
commencement, the
prisoner had
any expectation to
be able, after
the commencement, to
be released before, or to be considered
for a release taking effect before,
the end of
the period of
imprisonment to
which the
prisoner has been sentenced, the expectation
is extinguished to the extent
that the
release is
not provided for
under subsection
(2). (4) Subsections (2) and
(3) apply in
relation to
an application made by the
prisoner and dealt with after the commencement even if the
application was made before the commencement. (5)
If a
form of release for which the prisoner made an application
before the
commencement corresponds to a
form of release that, after
the commencement, is
available under
chapter 5,
the
application must be dealt with, to the greatest practicable
extent, as an application for the form of
release under chapter 5, but
this subsection does
not authorise release
before the
prisoner’s parole eligibility date.
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(6) This section
has no effect
in relation to
a proceeding mentioned in
section 469. (7) However, this section prevails to the
extent it is inconsistent with— (a)
section 470; or (b)
the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 ,
sections 20 and
20C(3), the Criminal Code, section 11(2),
the Penalties and Sentences
Act 1992 , section 180 or any other law of
similar effect. (8)
In
this section— expectation includes
right, privilege, entitlement and
eligibility. Part 8
Declaration and validation
provisions 475
Declaration and validation about particular
warrants issued under Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 (1) It is declared that—
(a) a Magistrates Court has and always has
had, including before the
commencement of
this section,
power to
issue a warrant for a person’s detention for
the purposes of a relevant Corrective Services Act
provision; and (b) a warrant for a person’s detention
issued or purported to have been issued by a Magistrates
Court for a relevant Corrective Services Act provision was
sufficient for its purpose. Note—
See
the definition warrant in schedule
4. (2) In this section— relevant
Corrective Services Act provision means—
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(b) a provision
of one of
the other repealed
Acts that
corresponded to
the provision mentioned
in paragraph (a).
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476 Declaration about prisoner for 2000
Act, ch 5, pt 1 (1) It is declared that a person,
including a person who was the subject of a
post-prison community based release order within
the
meaning of the 2000 Act, was and always was a prisoner
for
that Act, chapter 5, part 1 (the relevant
provisions ) during the
period starting
on 1 October
2003 and
ending on
the commencement of
this section,
if, during the
period, the
person was
in the custody
of the chief
executive of
the department in which that Act was
administered. (2) To remove any doubt, it is declared
that a decision made or purportedly made, or an action taken
or purportedly taken, in relation to
the person under
the relevant provisions is,
and always has been, as valid as it would
have been if the person were a prisoner for the relevant
provisions when the decision was made or the
action was taken. Part 9 Saving,
transitional and validating provisions for
Corrective Services Act 2000
477 Purpose of pt 9 (1)
The
purpose of this part is to provide for the continuing effect
of particular provisions of
the 2000 Act
to the extent
the provisions have
effect immediately before
the commencement. (2)
However, this part does not limit the
application of the Acts Interpretation Act
1954 ,
section 20A to
a declaration of
a thing for a saving or transitional
purpose under the 2000 Act as mentioned in that section for a
matter not dealt with in this part.
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 478] 478
Provisions for sch 2 (1)
The provisions set
out in schedule
2 (the continuing provisions ) continue to
apply in relation to matters before the commencement to
which they would have applied under the 2000 Act.
(2) For subsection (1), the continuing
provisions— (a) are numbered with the section numbers
of the 2000 Act; and (b) are to be read
in the context of the 2000 Act. Examples for
paragraph (b)— 1 A reference
in a continuing provision
to ‘the commencement of
this section’ is a reference to when the section
commenced as part of the 2000 Act. 2
A
term used in a continuing provision (for example, ‘post-
prison community
based release
order’) is
the term as
defined in the 2000 Act. Chapter 7A
Other transitional provisions Part 1
Transitional provisions for
Criminal Code (Drink Spiking)
and
Other Acts Amendment Act 2006 478A
Previous expectations of sexual offenders
about leave of absence (1)
This section
applies to
a prisoner sentenced
for a sexual
offence committed before the commencement of
this section (the commencement ),
whether or
not the prisoner
was sentenced for the offence after the
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provisions [s 478B] (2)
If,
before the commencement, the prisoner had an expectation
to
be granted prohibited leave after the commencement, it is
extinguished. (3)
An
application for prohibited leave made by the prisoner, but
not
decided, before the commencement is of no effect.
(4) If this
section is
inconsistent with
section 473, this
section prevails to the
extent of the inconsistency. (5)
In
this section— expectation includes
right, privilege, entitlement and
eligibility. prohibited leave
means leave
of absence other
than compassionate
leave or health leave. 478B Previous
expectations of sexual offenders about resettlement
leave (1) This section
applies to
a prisoner to
whom section
478A(1) applies if— (a)
the
prisoner was granted resettlement leave before the
commencement of
section 82(1)(e) (the
commencement ); and
(b) the chief executive cancels the
operation of the order for the prisoner’s resettlement leave
under section
85(2) because the
Queensland board
suspended or cancelled the
prisoner’s resettlement leave
program, whether
before or after the commencement.
(2) The pre-amended Act
applies for
the purpose of
the following— (a)
section 80; (b)
an
amendment of the resettlement leave program; (c)
an
application made under the Judicial Review Act 1991
in relation to
the Queensland board’s
decision to
suspend or cancel the resettlement leave
program. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 478C] (3)
If the Queensland board,
whether before
or after the
commencement, changes its decision to
suspend or cancel its approval of the resettlement leave
program for the prisoner, the chief executive must act under
section 74 to give effect to the changed
decision as if section 9 of the amending Act had
not
been enacted. (4) If the
Queensland board,
whether before
or after the
commencement approves a resettlement leave
program for the prisoner following an order made under
the Judicial Review Act
1991 ,
section 30, the
chief executive
must act
under section
74 in relation to
the approved resettlement leave
program as
if section 9 of
the amending Act
had not been
enacted. (5)
If, in accordance with
subsection (3) or
(4), the
chief executive
grants the
prisoner resettlement leave,
the pre-amended Act applies to the
prisoner for the resettlement leave.
(6) In this section— amending
Act means the Criminal Code
(Drink Spiking) and Other Acts Amendment Act 2006
. pre-amended Act
means this
Act as in
force immediately before the
commencement of section 9 of the amending Act. Part 2
Transitional provisions for
Corrective Services and Other
Legislation Amendment Act
2008 478C Definitions for
pt 2 In this part— commencement means the
commencement of this section. relevant
person see section 319A. Page 352
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 478D] 478D
Discrimination complaints not decided
before commencement (1)
This
section applies to a complaint by a relevant person to the
anti-discrimination commissioner under
the Anti-Discrimination
Act, section
134 about an
alleged contravention of
that Act committed by a protected defendant against an
offender that was made but not decided before the
commencement. (2)
Chapter 6, part 12A, other than sections
319D and 319I(1), (4) and (5), does not apply to the
complaint. 478E Relevant money awarded after
commencement (1) This section applies to relevant money
awarded in relation to a person after the commencement.
(2) Chapter 6, part 12B applies to the
relevant money even if— (a) the award of
damages forming the relevant money was for
a civil wrong
committed by
a protected defendant
against the person before the commencement;
or (b) the award of compensation forming the
relevant money was for a contravention of the
Anti-Discrimination Act committed by a protected defendant
against the person before the commencement. 478F
Legal
costs of victim claims brought before commencement Section 319ZL
only applies to the legal costs of a victim claim
started after the commencement.
Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 479] Part 3
Transitional provision for
Criminal Code and Other Acts
Amendment Act 2008 Not
authorised —indicative
only 479 Reference in sch
1 to Criminal Code provision Schedule 1
applies as if the reference to the Criminal Code,
section 208 included
a reference to
the Criminal Code,
section 209 as
in force at
any time before
its repeal by
the Criminal Code and Other Acts Amendment
Act 2008. Part 4 Transitional
provisions for Corrective Services and Other
Legislation Amendment Act
2009 480 Definitions for
pt 4 In this part— amending
Act means the
Corrective Services
and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2009. commencement means the
commencement of this part. previous ,
if followed by
a provision number,
means the
provision of that number as in force
immediately before the commencement. 481
Existing order for reintegration
leave (1) This section applies to an order
granting reintegration leave to a prisoner under
previous section 72(1)(e) if the order was in force
immediately before the commencement. (2)
The
order continues in force according to its terms.
(3) This Act continues to apply for the
reintegration leave as if the amending Act had
not been enacted. Page 354 Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 482] 482
Existing order for resettlement leave
(1) This section applies to an order
granting resettlement leave to a prisoner under
previous section 72(1)(f) if the order was in force
immediately before the commencement. (2)
The
order continues in force according to its terms.
(3) This Act continues to apply for the
resettlement leave as if the amending Act had
not been enacted. 483 Existing approved resettlement leave
programs (1) This section applies if, before the
commencement— (a) a resettlement leave
program for
a prisoner was
approved under previous section 76(1) or
77(1); and (b) the resettlement leave program had not
ended. (2) This Act
continues to
apply for
the resettlement leave
program and
the prisoner’s resettlement leave
as if the
amending Act had not been enacted.
Example— Previous section
72(1)(f) continues to apply for leave for the prisoner to
participate in the resettlement leave
program. 484 Existing applications for approval of
resettlement leave programs (1)
This
section applies if, before the commencement— (a)
a
prisoner applied for approval of a resettlement leave
program under previous section 75(1);
and (b) the application had not been
decided. (2) This Act continues to apply as if the
amending Act had not been enacted for— (a)
deciding the application; and
(b) if the
approval is
granted—any resettlement leave
program and the prisoner’s resettlement
leave under the program. Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 485] 485
Previous expectations of prisoner about
reintegration leave or resettlement leave
(1) This section
applies if,
before the
commencement, a
prescribed prisoner had an expectation to be
granted— (a) reintegration leave under previous
section 72(1)(e); or (b) resettlement
leave under previous section 72(1)(f). (2)
Subject to subsection (3), the expectation
is extinguished. (3) A proceeding started before the
commencement, and pending at the commencement, may be continued
as if the amending Act had not been enacted.
(4) If the
outcome of
the proceeding is
that the
prescribed prisoner
is to be
granted leave
mentioned in
subsection (1), this Act applies
for the leave as if the amending Act had not been
enacted. (5) In this section— prescribed
prisoner means a prisoner other than a prisoner
to whom any of the following applies—
(a) an order mentioned in section 481 or
482; (b) a resettlement leave program mentioned
in section 483; (c) section 484. proceeding means a
proceeding— (a) under the
Judicial Review
Act 1991 in
relation to
a decision made under this Act;
or (b) for an offence against a provision of
this Act. 486 Application of ss 185A and
199(5) (1) Despite sections 185A and 199(5), a
proceeding started before the commencement, and
pending at
the commencement, in
relation to
the issue of
a court ordered
parole order
under section 199(1)
for a prescribed prisoner may be continued as if the amending
Act had not been enacted. Page 356 Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 487] (2)
If the outcome
of the proceeding is
that the
court ordered
parole order must be issued for the
prescribed prisoner, this Act applies for the prescribed
prisoner’s court ordered parole as if the
amending Act had not been enacted. (3)
In
this section— prescribed prisoner means a prisoner
to whom section 185A applies. proceeding means a
proceeding under the Judicial Review Act
1991 .
487 Application of previous s
193(5) (1) Subject to
subsections (3) and
(4), previous
section 193(5) does
not apply, and
is taken never
to have applied,
to a prisoner’s
application for a parole order made on or after 1
July
2001. (2) Subject to
subsections (3) and
(4) if, before
the commencement, a prisoner had any
entitlement or expectation in relation to a parole board’s
failure to make a decision in accordance with
previous section
193(5), the entitlement or
expectation is extinguished.
(3) Subsections (1) and
(2) do not
affect a
decision of
a court made before the
commencement in relation to the validity of a parole board’s
decision on a prisoner’s application for a parole
order. (4)
Also, subsections (1) and (2) do not affect
a decision of the Queensland board
under section
198, made before
the commencement, in relation to a
decision a regional board was taken to have
made under previous section 193(5). 488
Declarations for s 209 (1)
On and from
28 August 2006,
a prisoner’s parole
order is
taken not
to have been
automatically cancelled
under a
previous automatic cancellation provision
if— Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 489] (a)
the
prisoner was sentenced to another term or period of
imprisonment as mentioned in the provision;
and (b) the term
or period was
limited to
a term or
period of
imprisonment until the court rises.
(2) Subsection (3) applies
if, before the
commencement, a
prisoner subject to a parole order was
sentenced to a term or period of imprisonment ordered by a
court to be served until the court rises. (3)
To remove any
doubt, it
is declared that
anything done
or purportedly done, or any omission made
or purportedly made, under this Act or the repealed
Corrective Services Act 2000
in reliance on
the automatic cancellation of
the parole order,
before the
commencement, under
a previous automatic
cancellation provision is and always was
valid. (4) Subsection (3) does
not affect a
decision of
a court made
before the
commencement in
relation to,
or based on,
a previous automatic cancellation
provision. (5) In this section— previous
automatic cancellation provision means—
(a) previous section 209; or
(b) the repealed Corrective
Services Act 2000 , section 151. 489
Application of s 245 For
applying section
245 after the
commencement, a
reference in the section to—
(a) an approval of a resettlement leave
program; or (b) an approved resettlement leave
program; is taken to
be a reference
to an approval
of a resettlement leave program,
or to an approved resettlement leave program, under this Act
as in force before the commencement. Page 358
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490] 490
Declarations for ss 311 and 311A
(1) This section applies to anything done
or any omission made by the chief executive in relation to
a prisoner’s money on or after 20
June 2008
but before the
commencement (the
previous dealing ).
(2) It is declared that the previous
dealing is as valid, and is taken always to have
been as valid, as it would be if it were done or
made
under section 311 or 311A after the commencement.
Part
5 Transitional provision for
Criminal Law Amendment Act
2012 490A Application of
amendment Act (1) For section
181(2)(a) as inserted by
the amendment Act,
a prisoner’s parole eligibility day
continues to be the day after the
day on which
the prisoner has
served 20
years or
the longer time ordered under the Criminal
Code, section 305(2) if— (a)
the Criminal Code,
section 305(2) as
amended by
the amendment Act did not apply on
sentence; but (b) that section
as it existed
before the
commencement applied on
sentence. (2) Section 181(2)(c) as
inserted by
the amendment Act
only applies to a
prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment for
life for
an offence of
murder committed
after the
commencement. (3)
In
this section— amendment Act
means the
Criminal Law
Amendment Act
2012 .
commencement means the
commencement of the amendment Act, section
7. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490B] Part 6
Transitional provision for
Police Powers and Responsibilities
(Motor Vehicle Impoundment) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2013 490B Application of
amendment Act (1) Section 13(1A) as inserted by the
amendment Act applies to a prisoner with a high security
classification— (a) who is being detained on remand for an
offence; and (b) is not
serving a
term of
imprisonment for
another offence;
and (c) regardless of
whether the
prisoner was
admitted for
detention before the commencement.
(2) In this section— amendment
Act means the Police Powers
and Responsibilities (Motor Vehicle
Impoundment) and
Other Legislation Amendment Act
2013 . commencement means the
commencement of this part. Part 7 Transitional
provision for Criminal Law and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2013 490C Application of
amendment Act Section 182A applies only to a prisoner who
is serving a term of imprisonment for
a drug trafficking offence
committed after the
commencement of that section. Page 360
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490D] Transitional
provision for Safe Night Out Legislation Amendment Act
2014 490D Application of s 182A
Section 182A applies to a prisoner who is
serving a term of imprisonment for a drug trafficking offence
only if the act or omission constituting the offence occurred
wholly on or after 13 August 2013. Part 9
Transitional provisions for
Serious and Organised Crime
Legislation Amendment Act
2016 490E Definition for
part In this part— pre-amended Act
means this
Act as in
force before
the commencement. 490F
Prisoner classifications (1)
This
section applies in relation to a prisoner who, immediately
before the
commencement, was
subject to
a criminal organisation
segregation order under the pre-amended Act. (2)
On
the commencement, the prisoner’s security classification
under the pre-amended Act, section 12(1B),
is the prisoner’s security classification under section
12(1). (3) The chief
executive must,
as soon as
practicable after
the commencement, review the prisoner’s
security classification under section 13. Current as at
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provisions [s 490G] 490G
Keeping records (1)
The chief executive
must continue
to keep the
record of
relevant information about a
prisoner. (2) In this section— record of
relevant information , about a prisoner, means the
record under the pre-amended Act, section
65D, and copies of any advices mentioned
in the pre-amended Act,
section 65D(3), kept in
relation to the prisoner immediately before the commencement. 490H
Criminal organisation segregation
orders (1) On the
commencement, a
criminal organisation segregation order in effect
under the pre-amended Act immediately before the commencement
is cancelled. (2) A doctor
or nurse must,
as soon as
practicable after
the commencement, examine the prisoner who
was subject to the order. (3)
The
chief executive must record, for each corrective services
facility, the
following details
for each prisoner
who was subject to an
order mentioned in subsection (1)— (a)
the
date on which it was cancelled; (b)
the date on
which the
prisoner was
examined under
subsection (2). (4)
The
chief executive must record the information mentioned in
subsection (3) in the record kept under
section 490G. 490I Requirement for test sample before
commencement On the commencement, any
requirement made
of a person
under the pre-amended Act, section 41(1)(c),
ends. Page 362 Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490J] 490J
Directions to identified participant
(1) On the
commencement, a
direction given
under the
pre-amended Act,
section 267A(3)(a) or
(c), and
in place immediately
before the commencement ends. (2)
The chief executive
must tell
the offender subject
to the direction that
the direction is no longer in place. 490K
Monitoring devices (1)
If immediately before
the commencement an
offender was
subject to
a direction under
the pre-amended Act,
section 267A(3)(b), the
direction continues in force according to its terms.
(2) The chief
executive must
review the
direction as
soon as
practicable after the commencement.
(3) If the
chief executive
does not
consider it
reasonably necessary for
the offender to wear a device for monitoring the
offender’s location, the chief executive
must— (a) cancel the direction; and
(b) tell the offender that the direction
given to the offender is no longer in place.
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10 Transitional provision for Youth
Justice and Other Legislation
(Inclusion of 17-year-old
Persons) Amendment Act 2016
490L Continued application of repealed s
18(2) (1) Repealed section 18(2) continues to
apply to a person under 18 years who— (a)
is a prisoner
in a corrective services
facility on
the commencement; or Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490M] (b)
becomes a prisoner in a corrective services
facility after the commencement in
relation to
a proceeding for
an offence— (i)
decided before the commencement; or
(ii) started,
but not finally
dealt with,
before the
commencement. (2)
In
this section— repealed section
18(2) means
section 18(2)
as in force
immediately before the commencement.
Part
11 Transitional provisions for
Corrective Services (Parole
Board) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2017 490M
Definitions for part In this
part— amended Act
means this
Act as in
force after
the commencement. amendment
Act means the
Corrective Services
(Parole Board) and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2017 .
former , in relation to
a provision, means the provision as in force
immediately before
the provision was
amended or
repealed under the amendment Act.
former board means—
(a) the Queensland Parole Board; or
(b) a regional board. Queensland Parole
Board means
the Queensland Parole
Board established under former section
216. regional board
means a
regional board
established under
former section 230. Page 364
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490N] 490N
Dissolution of Queensland Parole Board and
regional boards (1)
On
the commencement— (a) the Queensland Parole Board is
dissolved; and (b) each regional board is dissolved;
and (c) the members of the boards mentioned in
paragraphs (a) and (b) go out of office.
(2) No compensation is
payable to
a member because
of subsection (1). 490O
Secretary of former board
(1) On the commencement, a person who,
immediately before the commencement, held appointment as the
secretary of a former board goes out of office.
(2) No compensation is payable to a person
because of subsection (1). 490P
Existing instruments and decisions made by a
former board (1)
This
section applies to the following instruments made by a
former board
and in force
immediately before
the commencement— (a)
an
order under former section 96A(1); (b)
a
notice to a prisoner under section 96B; (c)
a warrant issued
under former
section 112(2),
206 or 210;
(d) a parole order, including an
exceptional circumstances parole order; (e)
a notice given
to the chief
executive under
former section
188(1); (f) reasons for a refusal given to a
prisoner under former section 193(5)(a); Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490P] Not
authorised —indicative
only (g) an order under
former section 205 to amend, suspend or cancel a parole
order; (h) an information notice given to a
prisoner under former section 205(3) or 208(1);
(i) a notice given to a prisoner under
former section 208(2); (j) an order under
former section 211(3); (k) an order under
former section 212(3) or 213(1) granting leave to a
prisoner. (2) This section also applies to the
following decisions made by a former
board and
in force immediately before
the commencement— (a)
a
decision to consent to a prisoner applying for a parole
order, mentioned in former section
180(2)(a)(ii); (b) a decision under former section 190 to
grant leave to a prisoner or prisoner’s agent to appear
before a former board; (c)
a
decision under former section 193(1) to grant or refuse
an
application for a parole order; (d)
a
decision under former section 193(5)(b) about a period
of
time within which a further application for a parole
order must not be made; (e)
a decision under
former section
198 to confirm
or set aside the
decision of a regional board; (f)
a decision under
former section
203(3) to
cancel an
order given
by the chief
executive and
to require the
chief executive to withdraw a
warrant. (3) From the
commencement, the
instrument or
decision has
effect as if it had been made by the parole
board. (4) To remove
any doubt, it
is declared that
the instrument or
decision is taken to have been made by the
parole board on the day it was made by the former board.
(5) A decision
under former
section 190
to grant leave
to a prisoner or
prisoner’s agent to appear before a former board is
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490Q] taken
to be a
decision to
grant leave
to the prisoner
or prisoner’s agent to appear before the
parole board. Not authorised —indicative only
490Q Existing applications made to a former
board (1) This section applies to the following
applications made to a former board, but not decided, before
the commencement— (a) an application under
former section
112(1)(b) for
the issue of a warrant;
(b) an application under
former section
176 for an
exceptional circumstances parole
order; (c) an application under
former section
180 for a
parole order;
(d) an application under
former section
190 for leave
to appear before a former board.
(2) The application— (a)
is
taken to have been made to the parole board; and
(b) must be
dealt with
and decided by
the parole board
under the amended Act. (3)
However, former
section 193(3)
continues to
apply to
an application for a parole order made
under former section 176 or 180 as if the amendment Act had not
commenced. (4) In deciding
an application for
a parole order
made under
former section
180, the
parole board
must consider
any submissions relating to the
application made to a former board under former
section 188. (5) An application made
under former
section 190
for leave to
appear before a former board is taken to be
an application for leave to appear before the parole
board. 490R Review of a regional board’s
decision (1) Subsection (2) applies to an
application made under former
section 196, but not decided, before the
commencement. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490S] (2)
The
parole board must— (a) confirm the decision the subject of
the application; or (b) set aside the decision and make any
decision the parole board may make on an application for a
parole order. (3) Subsection (4) applies if—
(a) immediately before
the commencement, a
prisoner could
have applied
to the Queensland Parole
Board under
former section
196 for a
review of
a regional board’s
decision; and (b) the prisoner
has not made
the application before
the commencement. (4)
The
prisoner may apply to the parole board for a review of the
regional board’s decision.
(5) If the prisoner makes an application
under subsection (4), the parole board must comply with
subsection (2). 490S Particular orders made by chief
executive (1) Subsection (2) applies to a written
order made by the chief executive under
former section
201 that is
in force immediately
before the commencement. (2) The order
continues in effect. (3) Subsection (4)
applies to
a warrant issued
by the chief
executive under
former section
202 that is
in force immediately
before the commencement. (4) The warrant
continues in effect. (5) Former
section 203(3)
continues to
apply in
relation to
an order mentioned in subsection (1), and
a warrant mentioned in subsection (3)— (a)
as
if the amendment Act had not commenced; and (b)
as
if a reference in former section 203(3) to the parole
board were a reference to the Parole Board
Queensland. Page 368 Current as at
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490SA] 490SA Steps before
appointing particular board members A reference in
section 223(2)(c)(i) to the Minister consulting with
the president includes
a reference to
the Minister consulting,
before the commencement, with the person whose appointment as
the first president takes effect on or after the
commencement. Not
authorised —indicative only
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12 Transitional provisions for
Corrective Services (No Body,
No
Parole) Amendment Act 2017 490U
Application of s 193A Section 193A
applies to a prisoner’s application for a parole
order whether the prisoner was convicted of,
or sentenced for, the offence before or after the
commencement. 490V Existing applications for parole order
or applications under s 490R (1)
Section 193A applies to the following
applications made to the parole
board, but
not decided, before
the commencement— (a)
an application under
section 176
for an exceptional circumstances
parole order; (b) an application under section 180 for a
parole order. (2) If the parole board is required to ask
the commissioner for a report under
section 193A
in relation to
an application mentioned in
subsection (1), the parole board may extend the period under
section 193(3) within which the application must
be
decided by not more than 50 days. (3)
Section 193A also applies to the following
applications— (a) an application mentioned in section
490R(1) that has not been decided before the
commencement; Current as at [Not applicable]
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Chapter 7A Other transitional
provisions [s 490W] (b)
an
application under section 490R(4)— (i)
made
to the parole board, but not decided, before the
commencement; or (ii) made
to the parole
board on
or after the
commencement. Not
authorised —indicative
only Part 13 Transitional
provisions for Justice Legislation (Links to
Terrorist Activity) Amendment
Act
2018 490W Definition for part
In
this part— amending Act
means the
Justice Legislation (Links
to Terrorist Activity) Amendment Act
2018. 490X Existing applications for parole
orders or applications under s 490R Sections
193B to
193E, 234
and 247A and
schedule 4,
as amended or inserted by the amending
Act, apply in relation to the following applications—
(a) an application under section 176, 180
or 490R(4) made to the parole
board, but
not decided, before
the commencement; (b)
an application mentioned
in section 490R(1)
that has
not
been decided before the commencement. 490Y
Application of particular provisions to
parole orders The following provisions, as
amended or
inserted by
the amending Act,
apply in
relation to
a parole order
whether made before or
after the commencement— Page 370 Current as at
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(a) section 193D; (b)
section 193E; (c)
section 205; (d)
section 208A; (e)
section 208B; (f)
section 234; (g)
section 247A; (h)
schedule 4. Corrective
Services Act 2006 Chapter 8 Repeal [s 491]
Chapter 8 Repeal
491 Repeal The Corrective
Services Act 2000 No. 63 is repealed. Current as at
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Schedule 1 Schedule 1
Sexual offences schedule 4,
definition sexual offence Not
authorised —indicative
only Classification of Computer Games and
Images Act 1995 section 23 (Demonstration of
an objectionable computer
game before a
minor) section 26(3) (Possession of objectionable
computer game) section 27(3) (Making objectionable computer
game) section 27(4) (Making objectionable computer
game) section 28 (Obtaining minor for
objectionable computer game) Classification of
Films Act 1991 section 41(3) (Possession of objectionable
film) section 42(3) (Making objectionable
film) section 42(4) (Making objectionable
film) section 43 (Procurement of minor for
objectionable film) Classification of Publications Act
1991 section 12 (Sale etc. of prohibited
publication) section 13 (Possession of prohibited
publication) section 14 (Possession of child abuse
publication) section 15 (Exhibition or display of
prohibited publication) section 16 (Leaving prohibited
publication in or on public place) section 17
(Producing prohibited publication) section 18
(Procurement of minor for RC publication) Page 372
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Schedule 1 section 20
(Leaving prohibited publication in or on private premises)
Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth) section 50BA
(Sexual intercourse with child under 16) section
50BB (Inducing child
under 16
to engage in
sexual intercourse) section 50BC
(Sexual conduct involving child under 16) section
50BD (Inducing child
under 16
to be involved
in sexual conduct)
section 50DA (Benefiting from offence
against this Part) section 50DB (Encouraging offence against
this Part) Criminal Code section 210
(Indecent treatment of children under 16) section 211
(Bestiality) section 213 (Owner etc. permitting abuse of
children on premises) section 215 (Carnal knowledge with or
of children under 16) section 216 (Abuse of persons with an
impairment of the mind) section 217 (Procuring young person
etc. for carnal knowledge) section 218 (Procuring sexual acts by
coercion etc.) section 218A (Using internet etc. to procure
children under 16) section 218B (Grooming children under
16) section 219 (Taking child for immoral
purposes) section 221 (Conspiracy to defile)
section 222 (Incest) section 228
(Obscene publications and exhibitions) Current as at
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Schedule 1 section 228A
(Involving child in making child exploitation material)
section 228B (Making child exploitation
material) section 228C (Distributing child
exploitation material) section 228D (Possessing child
exploitation material) section 228DA (Administering child
exploitation material website) section
228DB (Encouraging use
of child exploitation material
website) section 228DC
(Distributing information about avoiding detection)
section 229B (Maintaining a sexual
relationship with a child) section 229L (Permitting young person
etc. to be at place used for prostitution) section 349
(Rape) section 350 (Attempt to commit rape)
section 351 (Assault with intent to commit
rape) section 352 (Sexual assaults)
Criminal Code provision repealed by Health
and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 208
(Unlawful sodomy) Criminal Code
provisions repealed
by Criminal Law
Amendment Act 1997
section 208 (Unlawful anal
intercourse) section 221 (Conspiracy to defile)
section 222 (Incest by man)
Criminal Code (Cwlth) Page 374
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Schedule 1 section 270.6
(Sexual servitude offences) section 270.7
(Deceptive recruiting for sexual services) Customs Act 1901
(Cwlth) section 233BAB (Special offence relating to
tier 2 goods) Not authorised —indicative only
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Schedule 2 Schedule 2
Continuing provisions of Corrective
Services Act 2000 Not authorised —indicative
only section 478 268A
All
release to be dealt with under this Act (1)
This section
applies to
a prisoner sentenced
for an offence
committed before
1 July 2001,
whether or
not the prisoner
was
sentenced for the offence before 1 July 2001. (2)
On
and from 1 July 2001— (a) chapters 2 and 5
are the only provisions under which the prisoner may be
released before the end of the period of imprisonment to
which the prisoner was sentenced; and (b)
the
only requirements for the granting of the release are
the
requirements that apply under this Act. (3)
If,
before 1 July 2001, the prisoner had any expectation to be
able, after
1 July 2001,
to be released
before, or
to be considered for a
release taking effect before, the end of the period of
imprisonment to which the prisoner was sentenced,
the
expectation is extinguished to the extent that the release
is not provided for under subsection
(2). Examples of operation of subsections (2) and
(3)— 1 Suppose before 1 July 2001 a prisoner
had an expectation to be released on home detention on 1 August
2001 under section 86 of the repealed Corrective
Services Act 1988 . However, by applying subsection (2),
the prisoner could only expect to be released under
chapter 5 on 1 December 2001, having regard
to the requirements of section 135(2). Subsection
(3) extinguishes the
prisoner’s expectation to
be released on 1 August 2001 without affecting any
expectation the prisoner may have to be
released on 1 December 2001 under chapter 5.
2 Suppose before 1 July 2001 a prisoner
had an expectation to be considered for release on home
detention under section 86 of the repealed
Corrective Services Act 1988
,
the release to take effect on 1 August 2001.
However, by applying subsection (2), the prisoner
could only expect to be considered for
release under chapter 5, with, having
regard to
the requirements of
section 135(2), the
release to
take effect
on 1 December
2001. Subsection
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Schedule 2 extinguishes the
prisoner’s expectation to be considered for release
to
take effect on 1 August 2001 without affecting any
expectation the prisoner may have to be considered for
release under chapter 5, with the release to take effect on 1
December 2001. (4) Subsections (2) and
(3) apply in
relation to
an application made by the
prisoner and dealt with on or after 1 July 2001 even if the
application was made before 1 July 2001. (5)
If a
form of release for which the prisoner made an application
before 1 July 2001 corresponds to a form of
release that, after 1 July 2001, is available under chapter 5,
the application must be dealt
with, to
the greatest practicable extent,
as an application for
the form of release under chapter 5, but this subsection does
not authorise release before a date prescribed by section
135. (6) This section
prevails to
the extent it
is inconsistent with
section 268 or 273. (7)
In
this section— expectation includes
right, privilege, entitlement and
eligibility. 268B
Further provisions about transitional
release circumstances (1)
Section 268A has no effect in relation
to— (a) a post-prison community based release
order granted on or after 1 July 2001 but before 30 October
2001 on the basis of an application made before 1 July
2001 for a form of
release that
corresponds to
a form of
release available under
chapter 5; or (b) a decision
made by
a court before
30 October 2001
upholding, in
action brought
by a particular prisoner,
that prisoner’s expectation to
be released, or
to be considered for
release; or (c) the terms
of a release
instrument made
before 1
July 2001,
or any decision
relating to
the making of
the release instrument, giving a prisoner
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Schedule 2 be further
released after, or to be considered for a further
release taking effect after, 1 July
2001. Example for subsection (1)(c)—
Suppose on 1 June 2001 a prisoner was
released on leave of absence to engage in
employment (commonly known as ‘leave of absence (release
to
work)’). The terms of the release instrument included a
statement that the prisoner would be considered for
release on home detention after the prisoner had successfully
completed 3 months release to work. Section 268A has
no effect on the statement’s operation. (2)
For giving effect
to terms mentioned
in subsection (1)(c), a
prisoner may be released at any time the
prisoner may have been released
under the
terms if
the repealed Corrective Services Act
1988 had not been repealed. (3)
Subject to
subsections (1) and
(2) and without
limiting section 268A,
any requirement that may have existed after the repeal of the
repealed Corrective Services Act 1988
and
before the commencement of this section that a
person be dealt with in a way inconsistent with section
135(2) is extinguished. (4) Section 268A and
subsection (3) prevail to the extent they are inconsistent
with the Acts Interpretation Act 1954
,
sections 20 and 20C(3), the Criminal Code, section
11(2), the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , section 180(1)
or any other law of similar effect. (5)
In
this section— expectation includes
right, privilege, entitlement and
eligibility. release
instrument means
an instrument under
which a
prisoner was released. 268C
Counting time if parole cancelled before 1
July 2001 (1) This section applies if, before 1 July
2001— (a) a person
was sentenced to
imprisonment and
subsequently was
released on
parole as
provided for
under a previous Act; and
(b) the person’s parole was cancelled as
provided for under a previous Act, whether by order or
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Schedule 2 (2)
It
is declared that no part of the time, including any time on
or after 1 July 2001, between the person’s
release on parole and the person
recommencing to
serve the
unexpired portion
of the person’s period of imprisonment is
to be regarded as time served in respect of that period of
imprisonment (other than any period
during which
the person was
kept in
custody consequent upon
the person’s parole being suspended under a previous
Act). (3) For subsection (2), the following are
irrelevant— (a) whether any
relevant warrant
is or was
issued or
executed in relation to the person before,
on or after 1 July 2001; (b)
whether any
relevant warrant
is or was
executed in
Queensland or elsewhere; (c)
whether particular provisions of this Act
were applied to the person for
a particular matter,
including, for
example, giving
an information notice
under section
150. (4) Further, it is declared that
subsection (2) is, and has always been, the law
about the matters it deals with, and that law was
unaffected by
the enactment of
sections 152(2), 268
and 268A. (5)
In
this section— previous Act means—
(a) the Corrective
Services Act 1988 ; or (b)
the Offenders Probation and Parole Act
1980 ; or (c)
the Offenders Probation and Parole Act
1959 . 274E Classified
patient taken to be prisoner A person is
taken to have been a prisoner for chapter 5, part 1
if,
during the period starting on 28 February 2002 and ending
on
the commencement of this section, the person was—
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a classified patient
being detained
in an authorised mental health
service under the Mental Health Act 2000 ;
and (b) serving a period
of imprisonment. Not authorised —indicative
only Page 380 Current as at
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Schedule 4 Dictionary Corrective
Services Act 2006 Schedule 4 Not
authorised —indicative only
section 4 Editor’s
note— Amendment of the definition
nurse is an
uncommenced amendment— see 2017 Act No. 32 s 87(2) sch 1 pt
2. 2000 Act see section
356. access approval , for a visitor,
see section 155(1). accredited visitor means—
(a) the Minister; or (b)
a
member of the Legislative Assembly; or (c)
a
judicial officer; or (d) a board member;
or (e) the ombudsman; or (f)
an
inspector, including the chief inspector; or (g)
an
official visitor; or (h) a community
visitor (child) under the Public Guardian Act 2014
;
or (i) a child advocacy officer under
the Public Guardian Act 2014
. agency arrangement ,
for chapter 6,
part 13A,
see section 344B. amending
Act , for chapter 7A, part 4, see section
480. Anti-Discrimination Act means the
Anti-Discrimination Act
1991. applied
discipline procedure see section 406(2).
appointed board member see section
221(2). appropriately qualified , for a person
appointed to a position or to
whom functions
or powers are
delegated, includes
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Schedule 4 Not
authorised —indicative
only Page 382 having
the qualifications, experience or
standing appropriate— (a)
to
perform the functions or exercise the powers of the
position; or (b)
to perform the
delegated functions
or exercise the
delegated powers. Example of
standing— a person’s classification level in the
public service approved ,
other than
for an approved
resettlement leave
program, means approved by the chief
executive. approved form means a form
approved under section 354. approved
resettlement leave
program means
a resettlement leave
program approved
under section
76(1) or 77(1) as
in force before
the commencement of
the Corrective Services
and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2009 , section
11. attendance notice see section
219(1). authorised functions
, for an
engaged service
provider, see
section 272(1). authorised
mental health service means an authorised mental
health service under the Mental Health
Act 2016 . award of
compensation ,
for chapter 6,
part 12B,
see section 319J. award of
damages , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. biometric identification system
means an
electronic system
used
to collect and store data about an individual’s biometric
information in
a way that
enables the
data to
be used to
identify the individual. biometric
information , for an individual, means the
following information— (a)
a
photograph of the individual; (b)
information taken from the individual’s
hands, feet, eyes or voice by
way of a
scan or
print, including, for
example, fingerprints, vein
patterns, footprints or
toeprints. Current as at
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Corrective Services Act 2006
Schedule 4 board
member see section 221(1). body
search , of a prisoner, means a search of the
prisoner’s body, including an examination of an orifice
or cavity of the prisoner’s body. breach
of discipline means
an act or
omission prescribed under section
113(1) as a breach of discipline. charge
,
for chapter 6, part 13, division 2, see section 327.
chief inspector means the person
who holds appointment as chief inspector under section
296. Chief Judge
see the Judicial
Remuneration Act
2007 ,
schedule 2. Chief
Justice see
the Judicial Remuneration Act
2007 ,
schedule 2. child in
care means a child— (a)
who is in
the custody or
guardianship of
the child protection chief
executive; or (b) who, under
an agreement entered
into by
the child protection chief
executive and a parent of the child, has been placed in
the care of someone other than a parent of the
child. child protection chief executive
means the chief executive of
the department in
which the
Child Protection Act
1999 is
administered. child
support registrar
, for chapter
6, part 12B,
see section 319J. collection
entity , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. commencement —
(a) for chapter 7, see section 356;
or (b) for chapter 7A, see section
480. commissioner means the
commissioner of the police service. Commonwealth control
order means
a control order
as defined in the Criminal Code (Cwlth),
section 100.1(1). Current as at [Not applicable]
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383
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Schedule 4 community based
order means— (a)
a
community service order; or (b)
a
fine option order; or (c) an intensive
correction order; or (d) a probation
order. community board member see section
221(1)(f). community corrections centre
means a place declared to be a
community corrections centre under section
151(1)(a)(i). community corrective services
means services— (a)
for
offenders who are not prisoners; or (b)
provided at a probation and parole
office. community service
means an
activity declared
to be community
service under section 270(1). community
service leave see section 72(1)(a). community
service order means a community service order
under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 . community service supervisor
see
section 270(2). compassionate leave see section
72(1)(b). conditional release means release
under a conditional release order.
conditional release order
see
section 98(1). confidential information see section
341(4). contact visit
means a
personal visit
during which
there is
direct contact between the prisoner and
personal visitor. contemporaneous communication link
means a
link using
technology that allows persons using the
link to hear and take part in discussions as they
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authorised —indicative only
conviction ,
for a prescribed provision, means
a finding of
guilt, or the acceptance of a plea of
guilty, by a court, whether or not a
conviction is recorded. corrections board , for sections
432(1) and 442(1)(a), means a corrections
board within the meaning of the 2000 Act. corrective
services means— (a)
community corrective services; or
(b) custodial corrective services.
corrective services
dog means a
dog certified under
section 279 as a corrective services
dog. corrective services facility
means— (a)
a
prison; or (b) a community corrections centre;
or (c) a work camp. corrective services
officer means
a person who
holds appointment as a
corrective services officer under section 275. corresponding
interstate leave permit means a permit, issued
under a corresponding law, that corresponds
to an interstate leave permit. corresponding
law means a law declared under section 96
to be a corresponding law for chapter 2, part
2, division 9. corrupt conduct
see the Crime
and Corruption Act
2001 ,
section 15. court
includes— (a)
a
court exercising appellate jurisdiction; and (b)
any
justice or justices of the peace examining witnesses
in
relation to an indictable offence. court
order includes the order of a tribunal.
court ordered parole order
means an order issued by the chief
executive under section 199 in accordance
with a court order under the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section 160B(3) fixing the date
for the prisoner to be released on parole. Current as at
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only Corrective Services Act 2006
Schedule 4 criminal
history , of a person, means all of the
following— (a) every conviction of
the person for
an offence, in
Queensland or
elsewhere, and
whether before
or after the commencement
of this section; (b) every charge made against the person
for an offence, in Queensland or
elsewhere, and
whether before
or after the commencement
of this section; (c) the court briefs for the
offences. custodial corrective services
means services for prisoners in a
corrective services facility.
dangerous drug , for chapter 6,
part 13A, see section 344B. deciding
officer means— (a)
for
a minor breach of discipline—a corrective services
officer, whether
or not the
officer is
the same officer
who
decided under section 113 to start proceedings for
the
breach; or (b) for a major breach of discipline—a
corrective services officer who
holds a
more senior
position than
the corrective services
officer who
decided under
section 113 to start proceedings for the
breach. deputy president
means a
deputy president
of the parole
board. detained
means detained in custody.
detained dangerous
prisoner (sexual
offender) means
a prisoner subject
to a continuing detention
order or
interim detention
order under
the Dangerous Prisoners
(Sexual Offenders) Act
2003 . disbursements , for chapter 6,
part 12B, see section 319J. discharge
, for either
of the following
persons, means
unconditionally release the person from
lawful custody— (a) a prisoner; (b)
a
person mentioned in section 110(1)(a)(ii). Page 386
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Schedule 4 discharge
day , for either of the following persons, means
the day on which the person is eligible to be
discharged— (a) a prisoner; (b)
a
person mentioned in section 110(1)(a)(ii). drug
control direction
, for chapter
6, part 13A,
see section 344B. drug
control officer
, for chapter
6, part 13A,
see section 344B. drug trafficking
offence means— (a)
an offence against
the Drugs Misuse
Act 1986 ,
section 5; or (b)
an
offence of counselling or procuring the commission
of, or attempting or
conspiring to
commit, an
offence mentioned in
paragraph (a). drug vault , for chapter 6,
part 13A, see section 344B. early
discharge means discharge under section 108(3) or
110. educational leave see section
72(1)(c). eligible entity
claim ,
for chapter 6,
part 12B,
see section 319ZC(3). eligible
person ,
in relation to
a prisoner, means
a person included on the
eligible persons register as an eligible person in relation to
the prisoner. eligible persons
register means
the register kept
under section
320(1). eligible victim
claim ,
for chapter 6,
part 12B,
see section 319X(3). engaged
by the department means
each of
the following persons—
(a) a public service employee in the
department; (b) an honorary officer;
(c) an agent; Current as at
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Schedule 4 Not
authorised —indicative
only Page 388 (d)
a
person working in the department as a volunteer or as
a
student on work experience. engaged service
provider see section 272(1). entity
claim , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319Z. escape includes being
unlawfully at large. exceptional circumstances parole
order means a parole order mentioned in
section 194(2). existing regional
board means
a regional community
corrections board
in existence under
the 2000 Act
immediately before the commencement of
section 438. expectation includes
right, privilege, entitlement and
eligibility. finally
decided , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. financial assistance agreement
see
section 252(1). fine option
order means
a fine option
order under
the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 . former senior board member
means a person who has held
office as the president or a deputy
president. general clothes means clothes
that are not an inner garment or outer
garment. general search , of a person,
means a search— (a) to reveal
the contents of
the person’s outer
garments, general
clothes or
hand luggage
without touching
the person or the luggage; or
(b) in which the person may be required
to— (i) open his
or her hands
or mouth for
visual inspection;
or (ii) shake his or her
hair vigorously. grantee means the
grantee of a grant of financial assistance under chapter 6,
part 1. grievous bodily harm see the Criminal
Code, section 1. health leave see section
72(1)(d). Current as at [Not applicable]
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Schedule 4 immediate family
member , of a person, means the person’s
spouse, child,
stepchild, parent,
step-parent, brother,
sister, stepbrother,
stepsister, grandparent or legal guardian. in
, a
corrective services facility, includes at or on the
facility. incident means—
(a) the death (other than by natural
causes), or the serious injury, of someone who is—
(i) in a corrective services facility;
or (ii) subject to a
community based order or parole order and
under the
direct personal
supervision of
a corrective services officer; or
Example— A prisoner is
one of a group of prisoners repairing a hall as part of
community service performed under the direct personal
supervision of a corrective services officer. If the
prisoner cuts off a finger with a power saw,
the injury is an incident even
though the
officer was
helping another
prisoner at the time of the incident.
However, if a prisoner cuts off a finger
with a power saw while doing
home renovations while
on parole, and
a corrective services officer is not at
the home at the time, the injury is not an incident.
(b) an escape or attempted escape from
secure custody; or (c) a riot or mutiny involving prisoners
while in custody; or (d) another
event involving
prisoners that
the chief executive
considers requires
being investigated by
inspectors. information
notice , about a decision of the chief
executive, means a written notice that includes the
following— (a) the decision; (b)
the
chief executive’s reasons for the decision; (c)
the
date the decision has effect. inner
garment means
a garment worn
underneath general
clothes, including, for example,
underwear. Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Corrective Services Act 2006
Schedule 4 inspector
means a person, including the chief
inspector, who holds an appointment as an inspector under
section 294. intensive correction order
means an
intensive correction order under
the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
. interstate escort see section
94(1). interstate leave permit see section
89(1). interstate prisoner
means a
person who,
under a
corresponding law, is a prisoner.
judge ,
for chapter 5,
part 2,
division 6,
means a
Supreme Court judge or
District Court judge. Judges Pensions Act
means the Judges (Pensions
and Long Leave) Act 1957 .
law
enforcement agency means— (a)
the Crime and
Corruption Commission, a
commission of inquiry under
the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950
, or the police service; or
(b) the Australian Federal Police;
or (c) the Australian Crime Commission
established under the Australian Crime
Commission Act
2002 (Cwlth),
section 7; or (d)
a
police force or service of another State; or (e)
another entity declared under a regulation
to be a law enforcement agency. leave of
absence , other than for section 227, means any of
the following— (a)
community service leave; (b)
compassionate leave; (c)
educational leave; (d)
health leave; (e)
reintegration leave granted under section
72(1)(e) as in force before
the commencement of
the Corrective Page 390
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authorised —indicative only
Services and
Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2009 ,
section 10(1); (f)
resettlement leave
granted under
section 72(1)(f) as
in force before
the commencement of
the Corrective Services
and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2009 ,
section 10(1); (g)
leave mentioned in section 72(1)(e).
legal visitor , of a prisoner,
means a visitor of the prisoner who is—
(a) the prisoner’s lawyer; or
(b) a person authorised in writing by the
prisoner’s lawyer to act for the lawyer. lethal
force means
force that
is likely to
cause death
or grievous bodily harm.
mail includes
documents received at or sent from a corrective services
facility, including, for
example, by
fax or another
apparatus. major
breach of
discipline means
a breach of
discipline decided
under section
113 to be proceeded
with as
a major breach of
discipline. maximum security order see section
60(1). maximum security
unit means
a facility for
the accommodation of prisoners at a prison
that is designed and constructed so that—
(a) prisoners accommodated in
the facility are
totally separated from
all other prisoners at the prison; and (b)
some or
all of the
prisoners accommodated in
the facility can be totally separated from
all other prisoners accommodated in the facility.
medical examination or
treatment includes
psychiatric examination or
treatment. minor breach
of discipline means
a breach of
discipline decided
under section
113 to be proceeded
with as
a minor breach of
discipline. Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Page 392 non-contact
visit means a personal visit during which there
is no direct physical
contact between
the prisoner and
the personal visitor. nurse
means a person registered under the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law— (a)
to practise in
the nursing profession, other
than as
a student; and (b)
in
the registered nurses division of that profession.
offence means an offence
against an Act. offender means—
(a) a prisoner; or (b)
a
person who is subject to— (i) a community
based order; or (ii) a conditional
release order. official visitor means a person
who holds an appointment as an official
visitor under section 285. ordinary mail means mail other
than privileged mail. outer garment means an
overcoat, jacket, jumper, hat or other item that can be
removed without exposing an inner garment. owner
, of
a seized thing, includes a person who had lawful
possession of the thing immediately before
its seizure. parent ,
of a child,
see the Child
Protection Act
1999 ,
section 11. parole
board see section 216. parole
eligibility date
, for a
prisoner, means
the parole eligibility date
applying to the prisoner under chapter 5, part 1, division 1,
subdivision 2. parole order —
(a) means a
parole order
mentioned in
section 194
or a court ordered
parole order; and (b) for chapter
5, part 1,
division 1,
subdivision 2—see
section 178; and Current as at
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(c) for chapter 5, part 1, division 2—see
section 186. Note— Under
the Youth Justice
Act 1992 ,
sections 276E
and 276F the
provisions of
this Act
that apply
to a parole
order also
apply to
a statutory parole order under those
sections of that Act. parole period
means the
period during
which a
prisoner is
released on parole. participating
State means a State in which a
corresponding law is in force. period of
imprisonment see the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section
4. permanent board member see section
221(3). person , for chapter 3,
part 3, see section 125. personal search , of a prisoner,
means a search in which light pressure is
momentarily applied to the prisoner over his or her
general clothes without direct contact being
made with— (a) the prisoner’s genital or anal areas;
or (b) for a female prisoner—the prisoner’s
breasts. personal visit means a visit of
a prisoner by a personal visitor of the
prisoner. personal visitor , of a prisoner,
means a visitor of the prisoner who is—
(a) a relative of the prisoner; or
(b) a person
who the chief
executive is
satisfied has
a personal relationship with the
prisoner. police representative see section
221(1)(d). positive test sample means a test
sample that shows a prisoner has used a
substance that is a prohibited thing. potential
claimant , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. prescribed board member means—
(a) the president; or (b)
a
deputy president; or Current as at [Not applicable]
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only Page 394 (c)
a
professional board member. prescribed provision
means— (a)
section 193B; or (b)
section 193D; or (c)
section 234(7), definition prescribed
prisoner; or (d) definition criminal history.
prescribed requirement means
a requirement prescribed under section
256(1). prescribed salary means—
(a) in relation
to the president
or a former
senior board
member who held office as the president—the
total of the following payable to a Supreme Court
judge, other than the
Chief Justice
or President of
the Court of
Appeal, under the Judicial
Remuneration Act 2007 — (i)
the
annual rate of salary; (ii) the annual rate
of the jurisprudential allowance and expense-of-office allowance; or
(b) in relation to a deputy president or a
former senior board member who held office as a deputy
president—the total of the following payable to a District Court
judge, other than the Chief Judge or a retired acting
District Court judge, under the Judicial
Remuneration Act 2007 — (i)
the
annual rate of salary; (ii) the annual rate
of the jurisprudential allowance and expense-of-office allowance.
president means the
president of the parole board. President
of the Court
of Appeal see
the Judicial Remuneration Act
2007 , schedule 2. previous
, if
followed by a provision number— (a)
for
chapter 7, see section 356; or (b)
for
chapter 7A, part 4, see section 480. primary care
giver , for a child, means a person—
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(a) with whom
the child is
required to
live under
a court order, whether
or not the person is the child’s parent; or (b)
who
is the sole provider of ongoing daily care for the
child. primary
school includes
a full-time preparatory year
of education. prison
means a
place declared
to be a
prison under
section 149(1). prisoner
— 1 Prisoner—
(a) means a
person who
is in the
chief executive’s custody,
including a
person who
is released on
parole; and (b)
for
chapter 5, part 1, includes a classified patient
under the Mental Health
Act 2016 who is serving a period of
imprisonment. 2 However, prisoner
does not
include a
person who
is released on parole, or a supervised
dangerous prisoner (sexual offender), for the following
provisions— • sections 12 to 24, 28 to 40 and
43 • chapter 2, part 2, divisions 4 to
9A • chapter 3, parts 1 and 2
• chapter 4, parts 2 and 4
• chapter 6, parts 5, 6 and 11.
3 Also, prisoner
does not
include a
detained dangerous
prisoner (sexual
offender) for
the following provisions— •
chapter 2, part 2, division 10 or 11
• chapter 5. prisoner
facilities means
the common areas
provided in
a corrective services facility for
access by prisoners. prisoner information
see
section 320(1). Current as at [Not applicable]
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court or prisoner of the court
means a person who is in the
custody of a court. prisoner’s account
means a
prisoner’s account
in the prisoners trust
fund. prisoner’s agent does not include
a lawyer. prisoner’s mail means mail sent
to, or by, a prisoner. prisoner’s property
see
section 317(1). prisoners trust
fund means
the trust fund
kept under
section 311. privileged mail
means mail
sent to,
or by, a
person who
is prescribed under a regulation.
privileges , for a
prisoner, means privileges prescribed under a regulation for a
prisoner. probation and
parole office
means an
office where
an offender subject to a parole order or
community based order may be required to report to a
corrective services officer. probation
order means a probation order under the
Penalties and Sentences
Act 1992 . professional board member
see
section 221(1)(c). prohibited thing
means something
prescribed to
be a prohibited thing
under section 123(1). proper officer , of a court,
means— (a) for the Supreme Court sitting at
Brisbane or the Court of Appeal—the sheriff; or
(b) for the
Supreme Court
sitting somewhere
else—the person
performing the
duties of
sheriff at
the place where the court
is sitting; or (c) for the District Court—the registrar
of the court; or (d) for a court constituted by a
magistrate or justice of the peace—the
clerk of
the court at
the place where
the court is sitting. protected
defendant see section 319A. Page 396
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psychologist means
a person registered under
the Health Practitioner Regulation National
Law to practise
in the psychology
profession, other than as a student. public sector
entity means an agency, authority,
commission, corporation, department, instrumentality, office,
or other entity,
established under an Act for a public or State purpose,
including a government owned
corporation. public service representative
see
section 221(1)(e). public trustee see the
Public Trustee Act 1978 , section
6. reasonably believes
means believes
on grounds that
are reasonable in the
circumstances. reasonably considers
means considers
on grounds that
are reasonable in the
circumstances. reasonably suspects
means suspects
on grounds that
are reasonable in the
circumstances. register , for chapter 6,
part 13, means the register mentioned in section
320. register of dangerous drugs for
training , for chapter 6, part 13A, see section
344B. relative ,
of a prisoner,
includes a
person who
was, immediately before
the prisoner was
imprisoned, the
prisoner’s spouse. released
means— (a)
released on parole; or (b)
released from a corrective services facility
subject to the conditions of a conditional release
order. released on parole means released
from a corrective services facility subject to the conditions of
a parole order. relevant award , for chapter 6,
part 12B, see section 319J. relevant
money , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. relevant person , for chapter 6,
part 12A, see section 319A. relevant
person ,
for chapter 6,
part 13,
division 2,
see section 327. Current as at
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visitor means a person who visits a prison to
provide religious services or instruction for
prisoners. repealed Acts means—
(a) the Corrective
Services Act 2000 ; and (b)
the Corrective Services Act 1988
;
and (c) the Corrective
Services (Administration) Act 1988 .
retired acting
District Court
judge see
the Judicial Remuneration Act
2007 , schedule 2. safety
order see section 53(1). scanning
search means a search of a person by electronic
or other means that does not require a person
to remove his or her general clothes or to be touched by
another person. Examples of a scanning search—
• using a portable electronic apparatus
or another portable apparatus that can be
passed over the person • using an
electronic apparatus through which the person is required
to
pass • using a corrective services dog
trained to detect the scent of a substance that
is a prohibited thing search , a prisoner’s
mail, means search by— (a) an electronic
scanning device; or (b) a physical search. search
requiring the
removal of
clothing ,
of a prisoner,
means a search in which the
prisoner removes all garments
during the course of the search, but in
which direct contact is not made with the prisoner.
secretariat see section
236(1). secure custody , in relation to
a prisoner, means— (a) a secure facility; or
(b) a vehicle being used to transport the
prisoner; or (c) a court before which the prisoner is
appearing. secure facility , for chapter 6,
part 13A, see section 344B. Page 398
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secure facility means a prison
with a perimeter fence that is designed to stop
the escape of a prisoner. security classification
,
for a prisoner, means the classification decided for the
prisoner under section 12, 13, 14 or 16. sentence
, of
a person, for chapter 6, part 13, division 2, means
any
penalty or imprisonment ordered to be paid or served, or
any
other order made, by a court after the person is convicted
of
an offence. sentencing court , for a
prisoner, means— (a) the court
that sentenced
the prisoner to
the term of
imprisonment the prisoner is serving;
or (b) if the
prisoner is
serving more
than 1
term of
imprisonment—each court
that sentenced
the prisoner to a term of
imprisonment the prisoner is serving. separate
confinement ,
in relation to
a prisoner, means
the separation of the prisoner from other
prisoners. serious offence , for sections
334 and 339, means— (a) an offence against the
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 ; or
(b) an offence against the Criminal Code
(Cwlth), chapter 9, part 9.1; or (c)
an
offence of counselling or procuring the commission
of, or attempting or
conspiring to
commit, an
offence mentioned in
paragraphs (a) and (b). serious violent offence
means a serious violent offence under
the Penalties and Sentences Act
1992 . serious violent
offender means
a prisoner who
is serving a
term
of imprisonment for a serious violent offence. sexual
offence means an offence mentioned in schedule
1. special need , of an
offender, means a need the offender has, compared to the
general offender population, because of the offender’s— (a)
age;
or (b) disability; or Current as at
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sex;
or (d) cultural background.
Example of a need— the culturally
specific needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
prisoners SPER
,
for chapter 6, part 12B, see section 319J. SPER
registrar , for chapter 6, part 12B, see section
319J. staff member means —
(a) an employee of— (i)
the
department; or (ii) an engaged
service provider; or (b) a corrective
services officer. supervised dangerous
prisoner (sexual
offender) means
a prisoner subject to a supervision
order or interim supervision order under
the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders)
Act 2003 .
suspend , for chapter 2,
part 2, division 10, subdivision 3 and chapter 5, part
1, division 5, subdivisions 2 and 2A, means suspend for a
fixed or indeterminate period. temporary safety
order see section 58(1). term
of imprisonment see
the Penalties and
Sentences Act
1992 , section
4. terrorism offence means—
(a) a terrorism offence under the Crimes
Act 1914 (Cwlth); or (b) an
offence against
the repealed Crimes
(Foreign Incursions and
Recruitment) Act 1978 (Cwlth), sections 6 to 9;
or (c) an offence
against the
Terrorism (Community Protection) Act
2003 (Vic), section 4B; or (d) an offence
against the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), section 310J; or
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an
offence against the Criminal Law Consolidation Act
1935
(SA), section 83CA; or (f) another
offence against
a provision of
a law of
the Commonwealth or another State if the
provision— (i) is prescribed by regulation;
and (ii) is in relation
to an activity that involves a terrorist act,
or is preparatory to
the carrying out
of an activity that
involves a terrorist act. terrorist act see
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Act
2000, section 211. terrorist
organisation see the Criminal Code (Cwlth),
section 102.1(1). test
sample means a sample of blood, breath, hair,
saliva or urine. tribunal
,
for chapter 6, part 12A, see section 319A. unlawfully at
large ,
in relation to
a prisoner, means
the prisoner remains in the community
after— (a) any of the following has been
suspended or cancelled or has expired or is otherwise no longer
in force— (i) an order
granted under
section 72 for
leave of
absence; (ii)
an
interstate leave permit; (iii) a work order;
or (b) any of the following has been
suspended or cancelled— (i) a conditional
release order; (ii) a parole order;
or (c) the prisoner
fails to
report to
a probation and
parole office and
obtain a copy of the prisoner’s court ordered parole
order as
required under
the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 , section
160G(3). victim claim , for chapter 6,
part 12B, see section 319S(1). Current as at
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only Corrective Services Act 2006
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Assistance Act means the Victims of
Crime Assistance Act 2009 .
victim trust fund , for chapter 6,
part 12B, see section 319J. visitor
means— (a)
any person, including
a staff member,
who enters or
intends to enter a corrective services
facility; or Example— a legal visitor
or religious visitor (b) a casual site
visitor as defined in section 165(2). volunteer
see
section 306(1). warrant includes—
(a) a warrant issued by the chief
executive; and (b) an order committing a person into
custody. Examples for paragraph (b)—
• an order or direction under the
Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth)
• a preventative detention
order under
the Terrorism (Preventative
Detention) Act 2005 work camp means a place
declared to be a work camp under section
151(1)(a)(ii). work order see section
66(1). Page 402 Current as at
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