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CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 123 Searches of detainee cells—legally privileged material

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 123

Searches of detainee cells—legally privileged material

    (1)     This section applies if a detainee has legally privileged material at a correctional centre.

    (2)     A corrections officer may search the detainee's cell under section 122 in the absence of the detainee if—

        (a)     the detainee removes the legally privileged material from the cell; or

        (b)     the legally privileged material is stored in accordance with a corrections policy or operating procedure made for subsection (3).

    (3)     Without limiting section 14 (Corrections policies and operating procedures), a corrections policy or operating procedure may include provision for the secure storage at a correctional centre of legally privileged material for detainees.