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PRISONS ACT 1981 - SECT 15W

15W .         Intervention in contracts

        (1)         The chief executive officer may intervene in a contract if —

            (a)         there are grounds for doing so under subsection (2); and

            (b)         the intervention is in the public interest or is necessary to ensure the proper provision of a prison service that is a subject of a contract.

        (2)         The grounds for intervening in a contract are that —

            (a)         there is an emergency in a prison service that is a subject of the contract; or

            (b)         the contractor has failed to effectively provide a prison service that is a subject of the contract.

        [Section 15W inserted by No. 43 of 1999 s. 7.]



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