CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 148 Directions to leave correctional centre etc

CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 148

    (1)     The director-general may direct a person at a correctional centre—

        (a)     not to enter the centre; or

        (b)     if the person is already in the centre—to leave the centre.

    (2)     The director-general may give the direction only if—

        (a)     the director-general suspects, on reasonable grounds, that—

              (i)     the person is intoxicated; or

              (ii)     the person has possession of a prohibited thing; or

              (iii)     the direction is necessary and reasonable for security or good order at a correctional centre; or

        (b)     the person contravenes a direction given to the person under section 146.

    (3)     A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a direction given to the person under this section.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (4)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

    (5)     Subsection (3) does not apply if the person takes reasonable steps to comply with the direction.

    (6)     In this section:

"intoxicated "means under the influence of alcohol, a drug or another substance, or a combination of alcohol, drugs or substances.

Examples of substances

1     glue

2     petrol

3     another solvent

"prohibited thing"—see section 145 (4).