CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 40 Food and drink
CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 40
Food and drink(1) The director-general must ensure that—
(a) sufficient nutritional food and drink are provided for detainees to avoid hunger and poor nourishment; and
(b) meals are provided for detainees at times consistent with the cultural norms of Australia; and
(c) clean drinking water is provided to meet the needs of detainees.
(2) The director-general must also ensure, as far as practicable, that allowance is made for the religious, spiritual and cultural needs of detainees in relation to the provision of food and drink.
(3) If a doctor, other than a doctor appointed under section 22 (Health practitioners—non-therapeutic functions), prescribes a particular diet for a detainee, the director-general must ensure that reasonable steps are taken to provide the detainee with the diet.
(4) For chapter 10 (Discipline), subsections (1), (2) and (3) are taken to provide an entitlement for each detainee in relation to food and drink.
(5) Without limiting section 14 (Corrections policies and operating procedures), a corrections policy or operating procedure may include provision for any of the following:
(a) the nutritional standards to be met by food and drink for detainees;
(b) the provision of nutritional advice about food and drink provided to detainees;
(c) the appointment of a nutritionist.
(6) For chapter 10 (Discipline), a detainee's entitlement in relation to food and drink includes anything expressed to be an entitlement in a corrections policy or operating procedure made for subsection (5).