South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Minister may
appoint such authorised officers for the purposes of this Division as the
Minister thinks fit.
(2)
The Chief Executive Officer must, on the release of a prisoner under this
Division, assign the prisoner to an authorised officer and may from time to
time re-assign the prisoner to another authorised officer.
(3) An authorised
officer to whom a prisoner is assigned—
(a) may
give reasonable directions to the prisoner—
(i)
requiring the prisoner to take up, not to take up or not
to give up some particular employment; or
(ii)
requiring the prisoner to attend a particular course of
counselling or instruction; and
(b) may
give the prisoner other directions of a kind authorised by the Minister either
generally or in relation to the particular prisoner.
(4) Any authorised
officer may, at any time—
(a)
enter or telephone the residence of a prisoner serving a period of home
detention; or
(b)
telephone the prisoner's place of employment or any other place at which the
prisoner is permitted or required to attend; or
(c)
question any person at that residence or place as to the whereabouts of the
prisoner,
for the purposes of ascertaining whether or not the prisoner is complying with
the conditions to which the prisoner's release is subject.
(5) A person must
not—
(a)
hinder an authorised officer in the exercise of powers under this section; or
(b) fail
to answer truthfully any question put to the person by an authorised officer
pursuant to those powers.
Maximum penalty: $2 500.