CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - NOTES

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - NOTES

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     chief police officer

              •     civil partnership

              •     civil union

              •     director-general (see s 163)

              •     doctor

              •     domestic partner (see s 169 (1))

              •     found guilty

              •     Governor

              •     health practitioner

              •     human rights commissioner

              •     in relation to

              •     integrity commission

              •     integrity commissioner

              •     intersex person (see s 169B)

              •     judge

              •     Legislative Assembly

              •     magistrate

              •     NSW correctional centre

              •     nurse

              •     ombudsman

              •     police officer

              •     public advocate

              •     public servant

              •     sentence administration board

              •     transgender person (see s 169A (1) and (2))

              •     tribunal.

"accredited person", in relation to a detainee, means each of the following:

        (a)     if the detainee is a sentenced offender—anyone involved in relation to the administration of the sentence;

        (b)     a lawyer representing the detainee;

        (c)     an official visitor;

        (d)     the inspector of correctional services;

        (e)     the human rights commissioner;

        (f)     the public advocate;

        (g)     the ombudsman;

        (h)     a person prescribed by regulation.

Note     Territory laws apply to a delegate of a person in the exercise of a delegation as if the delegate were the person who appointed the delegate (see Legislation Act

, s 239 (2)).

"accused"—see section 151.

"activity"—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, dictionary.

"adjudicator " means a person who is appointed as an adjudicator under section 177.

"administrative penalty"—see section 184.

"admission", of a detainee to a correctional centre—see section 63.

"body search", of a detainee—see section 107.

"case management plan", for a detainee, means the detainee's case management plan maintained under section 78.

"charge"—see section 151.

"charge notice"—see section 159.

"conduct" means an act or omission.

"correctional centre" means a place declared to be a correctional centre under section 24.

"corrections dog" means a dog approved under the regulations to exercise functions as a corrections dog under this Act.

"corrections officer" means a person who is appointed as a corrections officer under section 19.

"corrections policy" means a corrections policy under section 14.

"corresponding director-general", for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.

"corresponding leave law", for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.

"court cell", for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—see section 29.

"detainee"—see section 6.

"director-general", for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—see section 29.

"disciplinary action"—see section 183.

"disciplinary breach"—see section 152.

"disciplinary charge"—see section 151.

"drug"—see section 132.

"engage in conduct" means—

        (a)     do an act; or

        (b)     omit to do an act.

"entitled person"—see section 57.

"escape", for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.

"escort officer", in relation to a person, means—

        (a)     a police officer; or

        (b)     a corrections officer whose functions include escorting the person.

"family member", of a detainee, means any of the following:

        (a)     the detainee's domestic partner;

        (b)     a parent, step-parent or grandparent of the detainee;

        (c)     a child, step-child or grandchild of the detainee;

        (d)     a brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the detainee;

        (e)     a guardian or carer of the detainee.

"frisk search"—see section 107.

"full-time detainee"—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, section 22 (1).

"health facility" means a hospital or other facility where health services are provided.

"health service"—

        (a)     means a service provided to someone (the "service user") for any of the following purposes:

              (i)     assessing, recording, maintaining or improving the physical, mental or emotional health, comfort or wellbeing of the service user;

              (ii)     diagnosing or treating an illness, disability, disorder or condition of the service user; and

        (b)     includes a service provided by a health practitioner in the practitioner's capacity as a health practitioner.

"hearing", for an inquiry—see section 151.

"initial report"—see section 156 (2) (e).

"inquiry"—see section 151.

"inspector of correctional services"—means the inspector of correctional services appointed under the Inspector of Correctional Services Act 2017

, section 9.

"interstate detainee", for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.

"interstate escort officer"—see section 213.

"interstate leave permit"—see section 208.

"investigative segregation"—see section 151.

"investigator"—see section 153.

"investigator's report"—see section 157 (2) (b).

"law enforcement agency"—see the Spent Convictions Act 2000

, dictionary.

"legally privileged—"a thing is legally privileged if client legal privilege attaches to the thing.

"local leave permit—"see section 205.

"mail" means postal mail.

"nonsmoking area", at a correctional centre—see section 86.

"offender"—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, dictionary.

"official visitor" means an official visitor for a visitable place under the Official Visitor Act 2012

, section 6.

"operating procedure "means an operating procedure under section 14.

"ordinary search"—see section 107.

"participating State", for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.

"personal monitoring device"—see section 101.

"police cell", for Chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—see section 29.

"positive", for a test sample for alcohol or a drug—see section 133.

"possession", of a thing, includes the following:

        (a)     receiving or obtaining possession of the thing;

        (b)     having control over the disposition of the thing (whether or not having custody of the thing);

        (c)     having joint possession of the thing.

"presiding officer"—

        (a)     for this Act generally—see section 151; and

        (b)     for chapter 11 (Disciplinary inquiries)—see section 191.

"privilege", in relation to a detainee—see section 154.

"prohibited area", at a correctional centre—see section 85.

"prohibited thing" means a thing declared to be a prohibited thing under section 81.

"protected mail" means mail between a detainee and any of the following:

        (a)     a lawyer representing the detainee;

        (b)     an official visitor;

        (c)     the inspector of correctional services;

        (d)     the human rights commissioner;

        (e)     the public advocate;

        (f)     the ombudsman;

        (g)     the integrity commissioner;

        (h)     a person prescribed by regulation.

"register of detainees" means the register kept under section 76.

"relevant presiding officer", for division 10.3.5 (Disciplinary action)—see section 182.

"remandee"—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, dictionary.

"scanning search"—see section 107.

"secure mental health facility"—see the Mental Health (Secure Facilities) Act 2016

, section 7.

"security classification", for a detainee, means the detainee's security classification under section 80.

"segregation", of a detainee—see section 88.

"seizeable item", for division 9.4.3 (Strip searches)—see section 113.

"sentence—"see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005

, dictionary.

"separate confinement", of a detainee—see section 151.

"strip search", of a detainee—see section 107.

"test sample"—see section 132.

"visitable place"—see section 57.

"visiting conditions", at a correctional centre, means conditions declared under section 143 (Visiting conditions) in relation to the centre.

"visitor", to a correctional centre, includes a person working at the correctional centre, other than a corrections officer, and a person who intends to enter the correctional centre as a visitor.

Examples—person working at correctional centre

counsellor, psychologist, tradesperson, volunteer

"young detainee", for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—see the Children and Young People Act 2008

, section 95.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key