{"id":"correctional-services-regulations-2014","name":"CORRECTIONAL SERVICES REGULATIONS 2014","slug":"correctional-services-regulations-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"nt","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174602,"registerId":"nt-correctional-services-regulations-2014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"CORRECTIONAL SERVICES REGULATIONS 2014","content":"NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\nCORRECTIONAL SERVICES REGULATIONS 2014\nAs in force at 19 February 2025\nTable of provisions\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1\n2 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1\nPart 2 Misconduct\n3 Misconduct ...................................................................................... 2\n4 Privileges that may be withdrawn .................................................... 2\n5 Reduction of rate of pay .................................................................. 3\n6 Other penalties for misconduct ........................................................ 3\n7 Misconduct charge and procedure to be explained ......................... 3\n8 Interpreter ........................................................................................ 3\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\n9 Definitions ........................................................................................ 4\n10 Prescribed tests ............................................................................... 4\n11 Prescribed samplers ........................................................................ 5\nDivision 2 When certain tests may be required\n12 When breath, saliva or urine test may be required .......................... 5\n13 When breath analysis may be required ........................................... 5\n14 When blood analysis may be required............................................. 6\n15 When non-custodial offenders may be tested.................................. 6\nDivision 3 Carrying out of tests\n16 Carrying out of breath test, saliva test or urine test ......................... 6\n17 Carrying out of breath analysis ........................................................ 7\n18 Carrying out of blood analysis ......................................................... 7\nDivision 4 Evidentiary matters\n19 Evidentiary certificates ..................................................................... 7\n\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 ii\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\n19A Definitions ........................................................................................ 9\n19B Effect of breach of this Part ........................................................... 10\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\n19C Attendance to participate in approved project................................ 10\n19D Satisfactory participation................................................................ 11\n19E Alcohol and restricted drugs .......................................................... 11\n19F Protective clothing ......................................................................... 12\n19G Conduct while participating in approved project ............................ 12\n19H Direction to leave if in breach of order ........................................... 13\n19J Suspension of obligation to participate in approved project ........... 13\nSubdivision 2 Participation time\n19K Failure of supervisor or probation and parole officer to attend....... 14\n19L Travelling time ............................................................................... 14\n19M Rest and meal breaks .................................................................... 15\nDivision 3 Non-custodial offenders other than home\ndetainees\n19N Division does not apply to home detainees ................................... 15\n19P Requirement to attend for training, treatment etc. ......................... 15\n19Q Alcohol and restricted drugs .......................................................... 16\n19R Participation in satisfactory manner ............................................... 16\n19S Requirement to remain at approved residence .............................. 16\n19T Firearms ........................................................................................ 17\n19U Conduct generally.......................................................................... 18\nDivision 4 Home detainees\n19V Requirement to reside in and remain at approved residence ........ 18\n19W Alcohol and restricted drugs .......................................................... 19\n19X Firearms ........................................................................................ 19\n19Y Conduct generally.......................................................................... 19\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\n20 Leave permit condition .................................................................. 20\n21 Monitoring devices ......................................................................... 20\n22 Notification of seizure of mail ......................................................... 20\n23 Prisoner welfare............................................................................. 20\n\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 iii\n24 Oath of office ................................................................................. 21\nPart 5 Awards\n25 Commissioner may confer awards ................................................ 21\n26 Form of decorations....................................................................... 21\n27 Wearing of decorations .................................................................. 21\n28 Revocation of conferral of award ................................................... 22\n29 Awards register.............................................................................. 22\nPart 6 Transitional provisions for Correctional\nServices Regulations 2014\n30 Awards........................................................................................... 22\n31 Oath of office ................................................................................. 22\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Correctional\nServices Amendment Regulations 2016\n32 Continuation of directions, approvals etc. ...................................... 23\nSchedule 1 Misconduct\nSchedule 2 Privileges that may be withdrawn\nSchedule 3 Awards\nSchedule 4 Oath of office\nENDNOTES\n\n\n\nNORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA\n____________________\nAs in force at 19 February 2025\n____________________\nCORRECTIONAL SERVICES REGULATIONS 2014\nRegulations under the Correctional Services Act 2014\nPart 1 Preliminary matters\n1 Citation\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Correctional Services\nRegulations 2014.\n2 Definitions\nIn these Regulations:\napproved project, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\nblood analysis, for Part 3, see regulation 10(e).\nbreath analysis, for Part 3, see regulation 10(d).\nbreath test, for Part 3, see regulation 10(a).\nfirearm, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\nhome detainee, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\npathologist, for Part 3, see regulation 9.\nphlebotomist, for Part 3, see regulation 9.\nprescribed breath analysis instrument, for Part 3, see\nregulation 9.\nrequired treatment, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\nrestricted drug means any of the following:\n(a) a dangerous drug as defined in section 3(1) of the Misuse of\nDrugs Act 1990;\n\nPart 2 Misconduct\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 2\n(b) a Schedule 4, 8 or 9 substance as defined in section 7 of the\nMedicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012;\n(c) any other drug specified in the offender's non-custodial order\nas one that the offender is not permitted to use.\nsaliva test, for Part 3, see regulation 10(b).\nsexual harassment of a person includes the following:\n(a) an unwelcome act of physical intimacy with the person;\n(b) an unwelcome demand or request (whether explicit or implicit)\nfor sexual favours from the person;\n(c) an unwelcome remark with sexual connotations made toward\nthe person;\n(d) any other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature toward, or in\nthe presence of, the person.\nsupervisor, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\ntraining program, for Part 3A, see regulation 19A.\nurine test, for Part 3, see regulation 10(c).\nPart 2 Misconduct\n3 Misconduct\n(1) For section 69(2)(b) of the Act, the following constitutes\nmisconduct:\n(a) engaging in conduct mentioned in Schedule 1;\n(b) attempting to engage in conduct mentioned in Schedule 1;\n(c) doing, or not doing, something for the purpose of encouraging\nor facilitating another person to engage in conduct mentioned\nin Schedule 1.\n(2) However, engaging in conduct mentioned in subregulation (1) does\nnot constitute misconduct if the prisoner was authorised by a\ncorrectional services officer to engage in the conduct.\n4 Privileges that may be withdrawn\nFor section 78(2)(c) of the Act, the privileges listed in Schedule 2\nare prescribed.\n\nPart 2 Misconduct\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 3\n5 Reduction of rate of pay\nFor section 78(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 75% of\nthe rate otherwise payable for carrying out the work.\n6 Other penalties for misconduct\n(1) For section 78(2)(g) of the Act, ordering the prisoner to pay a fine of\nnot more than $200 is prescribed.\n(2) If a prisoner is ordered to pay a fine, it is payable to the Territory.\n(3) If a prisoner is ordered to pay a fine and has not done so within the\ntime required by the order, the Commissioner may deduct the\namount of the fine from the prisoner's trust account.\n7 Misconduct charge and procedure to be explained\nAt the start of misconduct proceedings, the decision maker must\nexplain the following to the prisoner, in language likely to be\nunderstood by the prisoner:\n(a) the basis on which the prisoner has been charged with\nengaging in misconduct;\n(b) the penalty that may be imposed if the prisoner is found to\nhave engaged in misconduct;\n(c) the procedure to be followed in the proceedings;\n(d) the prisoner's rights under sections 71(6) and 72 of the Act;\n(e) that if the prisoner gives evidence, he or she may be\ncross-examined.\n8 Interpreter\n(1) This regulation applies in relation to misconduct proceedings if:\n(a) the prisoner requests the assistance of an interpreter; and\n(b) the decision maker considers that the assistance is\nreasonably necessary for the prisoner to properly understand\nthe proceedings.\n(2) The General Manager must ensure that an interpreter is made\navailable to the prisoner during the proceedings.\n\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 4\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\n9 Definitions\nIn this Part:\nblood analysis, see regulation 10(e).\nbreath analysis, see regulation 10(d).\nbreath test, see regulation 10(a).\npathologist means a medical practitioner who holds a specialist\nregistration under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law\nin the recognised speciality of pathology.\nphlebotomist means person who has been trained to take samples\nof blood from persons by a registered training organisation (as\ndefined in section 3 of the National Vocational Education and\nTraining Regulator Act 2011 (Cth)).\nprescribed breath analysis instrument, see section 3(1) of the\nTraffic Act 1987.\nsaliva test, see regulation 10(b).\nurine test, see regulation 10(c).\n10 Prescribed tests\nFor section 195(1)(a) of the Act, the following tests are prescribed:\n(a) a test of a sample of a person's breath to detect whether\nalcohol may be present in the person's breath carried out\nusing a device designed for that purpose (a breath test);\n(b) a test of a sample of a person's saliva to detect whether a\ndrug may be present in the person's body carried out using a\ndevice designed for that purpose (a saliva test);\n(c) a test of a sample of a person's urine to detect whether a drug\nmay be present in the person's body carried out using a\ndevice designed for that purpose (a urine test);\n(d) an analysis of a sample of a person's breath to ascertain the\nconcentration of alcohol in the person's breath carried out\nusing a prescribed breath analysis instrument (a breath\nanalysis);\n\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 2 When certain tests may be required\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 5\n(e) an analysis of a sample of a person's blood to do either or\nboth of the following:\n(i) detect whether alcohol or a drug may be present in the\nperson's body;\n(ii) ascertain the concentration of alcohol or a drug in the\nperson's body (a blood analysis).\n11 Prescribed samplers\nFor section 195(1)(b) of the Act, a person is a prescribed sampler\nfor a prescribed test if the person is authorised under regulation 16,\n17 or 18 to take a sample for the test.\nDivision 2 When certain tests may be required\n12 When breath, saliva or urine test may be required\n(1) A correctional services officer who has authority to give a direction\nunder section 37, 51, 145 or 172 of the Act must not direct a person\nto submit to a breath test, saliva test or urine test unless the officer\nconsiders it reasonable to do so.\n(2) For the direction to be reasonable, it is not necessary that the\ncorrectional services officer suspects that the person has alcohol or\na drug in his or her body.\n13 When breath analysis may be required\nA correctional services officer who has authority to give a direction\nunder section 37, 51, 145 or 172 of the Act must not direct a person\nto submit to a breath analysis unless:\n(a) the person:\n(i) has been directed under that section to submit to a\nbreath test; and\n(ii) does not provide a sample as required under\nsection 195(2)(a) of the Act; or\n(b) the officer reasonably believes that the person may have\nalcohol in his or her body.\n\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 3 Carrying out of tests\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 6\n14 When blood analysis may be required\nA correctional services officer who has authority to give a direction\nunder section 37, 51, 145 or 172 of the Act must not direct a person\nto submit to a blood analysis unless one of the following applies:\n(a) the person:\n(i) has been directed under that section to submit to a\nbreath test, breath analysis, saliva test or urine test; and\n(ii) does not provide a sample as required under\nsection 195(2)(a) of the Act;\n(b) as a result of a breath test the officer suspects that the person\nmay have alcohol in his or her body and it is not practicable to\nconduct a breath analysis;\n(c) as a result of a breath test, breath analysis, saliva test or urine\ntest the officer suspects that the person may have a drug in\nhis or her body;\n(d) the person has a medical condition that hinders the person's\nability to give a sample for a breath test, breath analysis,\nsaliva test or urine test.\n15 When non-custodial offenders may be tested\nA probation and parole officer who has authority to give a direction\nunder section 172 of the Act must not direct a non-custodial\noffender to submit to a prescribed alcohol/drug test unless one of\nthe following applies:\n(a) if the test is to detect the presence, or ascertain the\nconcentration of, alcohol in the offender's body – the offender\nis prohibited under his or her non-custodial order or the Act\nfrom consuming alcohol;\n(b) the test is to detect the presence, or ascertain the\nconcentration of, a restricted drug in the offender's body.\nDivision 3 Carrying out of tests\n16 Carrying out of breath test, saliva test or urine test\nA breath test, saliva test or urine test (including the taking of the\nsample) must be carried out by one of the following:\n(a) a correctional officer;\n\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 4 Evidentiary matters\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 7\n(b) a probation and parole officer;\n(c) a police officer;\n(d) a person approved, or in a class of persons approved, in\nwriting by the Commissioner.\n17 Carrying out of breath analysis\nA breath analysis (including the taking of the sample) must be\ncarried out by:\n(a) a person authorised under the Traffic Act 1987 to use a\nprescribed breath analysis instrument; or\n(b) a person approved, or in a class of persons approved, in\nwriting by the Commissioner.\n18 Carrying out of blood analysis\n(1) The taking of a sample for a blood analysis must be carried out by:\n(a) a health practitioner; or\n(b) a phlebotomist.\n(2) The analysis of the sample must be carried out by a pathologist.\nDivision 4 Evidentiary matters\n19 Evidentiary certificates\n(1) This regulation prescribes the prescribed certifiers and certifiable\nmatters for section 201 of the Act.\n(2) The Commissioner may issue an evidentiary certificate in relation to\nthe fact that on a specified date:\n(a) a specified person was any of the following:\n(i) the Commissioner;\n(ii) the General Manager of a custodial correctional facility;\n(iii) a correctional officer;\n(iv) a probation and parole officer;\n(iva) a special correctional officer;\n(ivb) a special probation and parole officer;\n\nPart 3 Alcohol and drug testing\nDivision 4 Evidentiary matters\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 8\n(v) a person approved by the Commissioner under\nregulation 16(d) or 17(b); or\n(b) a specified class of persons was approved by the\nCommissioner under regulation 16(d) or 17(b).\n(3) The Commissioner of Police may issue an evidentiary certificate in\nrelation to the fact that on a specified date a specified person was\nany of the following:\n(a) a police officer;\n(b) a person authorised as mentioned in regulation 17(a).\n(4) A person mentioned in regulation 16 may issue an evidentiary\ncertificate in relation to the following:\n(a) that he or she carried out a breath test, saliva test or urine test\non a sample given by, or taken from, a specified person;\n(b) when and how the sample was given or taken and the test\nwas carried out;\n(c) the results of the test.\n(5) A person mentioned in regulation 17 may issue an evidentiary\ncertificate in relation to the following:\n(a) that he or she carried out a breath analysis on a sample of\nbreath given by a specified person;\n(b) when and how the sample was taken and the analysis was\ncarried out;\n(c) the results of the analysis.\n(6) A health practitioner or phlebotomist may issue an evidentiary\ncertificate in relation to the following:\n(a) that he or she took a sample of blood from a specified person;\n(b) when and how the sample was taken;\n(c) what he or she did with the sample.\n(7) A pathologist may issue an evidentiary certificate in relation to the\nfollowing:\n(a) that he or she carried out an analysis of a sample of blood\nidentified as having been taken from a specified person at a\nspecified date and time;\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 9\n(b) when and how the analysis was carried out;\n(c) the results of the analysis.\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 1 Preliminary matters\n19A Definitions\nIn this Part:\napproved project means a rehabilitation program or work, or both,\napproved under section 167 of the Act.\nfirearm, see section 3(1) of the Firearms Act 1997.\nhome detainee means:\n(a) a non-custodial offender:\n(i) whose non-custodial order is subject to a home\ndetention condition; or\n(ii) who is subject to a home detention order; or\n(b) a prisoner for whom an administrative home detention permit\nis in force.\nhome detention condition, see section 3(1) of the Sentencing\nAct 1995.\nrequired treatment means:\n(a) assessment and treatment (including counselling):\n(i) for misuse of alcohol or a drug; or\n(ii) addressing other personal factors that contribute to the\noffender's criminal behaviour; or\n(b) medical, psychological or psychiatric assessment and\ntreatment; or\n(c) counselling.\nsupervisor, in relation to a non-custodial offender who is required\nunder a non-custodial work order to be at a place to participate in\nan approved project, means the person designated by the\nCommissioner as the supervisor of the place.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 10\ntraining program means:\n(a) a prescribed program (as defined in section 3 of the\nSentencing Act 1995); or\n(b) any other course, training, education or similar activity.\nExamples for definition training program, paragraph (b)\nA rehabilitative activity or a reintegration activity.\n19B Effect of breach of this Part\nA failure by a non-custodial offender to comply with this Part\nconstitutes a breach of the offender's non-custodial order.\nNotes for regulation 19B\n1 For community correction orders and intensive community correction orders –\nsee sections 35(3) and 47(1)(c)(iii) of the Sentencing Act 1995.\n2 For community work orders, community based orders, home detention orders\nand community custody orders – see sections 39(1)(g), 39E(1)(f)(i), 48(1)(g)\nand 48E(1)(h)(i) of the Sentencing Act 1995, and regulation 4A of the\nSentencing Regulations 1996, as in force before the commencement of\nPart 2 of the Sentencing and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022.\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\n19C Attendance to participate in approved project\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order is required to be at a place during a period\nto participate in an approved project.\n(2) The offender must:\n(a) be at the required place at the start of the required period; and\n(b) remain at the required place for the required period.\n(3) However, if an offender is not at the place as required, the offender\ndoes not breach subregulation (2) if:\n(a) the offender's absence is approved by a probation and parole\nofficer; or\n(b) the offender's absence is due to illness and the offender\ncomplies with subregulations (5) and (6); or\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 11\n(c) the offender is directed to leave the place under\nregulation 19H(2).\n(4) A probation and parole officer may grant approval under\nsubregulation (3)(a) if satisfied that reasonable grounds exist for the\noffender's absence.\n(5) If the offender is absent due to illness, the offender must give the\nprobation and parole officer a certificate, signed and dated by a\nhealth practitioner, stating:\n(a) the period for which the offender was, or is, in the\npractitioner's opinion, unfit to attend as required; and\n(b) the grounds for that opinion.\n(6) The certificate must be given to the probation and parole officer not\nmore than 72 hours (or any longer period allowed by the officer)\nafter the offender was required to attend at the place.\n19D Satisfactory participation\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order (other than a community work order) is\nrequired to participate in an approved project.\n(2) The offender must participate in the project in a manner satisfactory\nto the supervisor or a probation and parole officer.\nNote for regulation 19D\nAn offender subject to a community work order is subject to an equivalent\nobligation under section 37(1)(b) of the Sentencing Act 1995 as in force before\nthe commencement of Part 2 of the Sentencing and Other Legislation\nAmendment Act 2022.\n19E Alcohol and restricted drugs\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order is at a place to participate in an approved\nproject.\n(2) The offender must not:\n(a) be under the influence of alcohol or a restricted drug; or\n(b) be in possession of alcohol or a restricted drug; or\n(c) consume alcohol or use a restricted drug.\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply in relation to a drug taken, or to be\ntaken, as prescribed by a health practitioner.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 12\n19F Protective clothing\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order is required to participate in an approved\nproject that involves the offender performing work.\n(2) While performing the work the offender must, when directed by the\nsupervisor or a probation and parole officer to do so:\n(a) wear supplied protective clothing; and\n(b) use supplied protective equipment.\n(3) If the supervisor or a probation and parole officer directs the\noffender to wear protective footwear while performing the work, the\noffender must:\n(a) provide the protective footwear for himself or herself; and\n(b) wear it while performing the work.\n(4) If the offender is given a direction mentioned in subregulation (2)\nor (3), the offender must, when wearing the supplied protective\nclothing, using the supplied protective equipment or wearing the\nprotective footwear, comply with any directions of the supervisor or\nprobation and parole officer in relation to that clothing, equipment or\nfootwear.\n(5) In this regulation:\nsupplied means supplied to the offender for the purpose of the\noffender's participation in the approved project.\n19G Conduct while participating in approved project\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order is at a place to participate in an approved\nproject.\n(2) The offender must not damage, deface or misuse:\n(a) anything at the place; or\n(b) any equipment, materials or other thing provided to the\noffender for the purpose of the offender's participation in the\napproved project.\n(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply in relation to normal wear and tear\narising from the use of equipment, materials or a thing.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 1 Conduct of non-custodial offender\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 13\n19H Direction to leave if in breach of order\n(1) This regulation applies if:\n(a) a non-custodial offender subject to a non-custodial work order\nis at a place to participate in an approved project; and\n(b) the supervisor or a probation and parole officer believes on\nreasonable grounds that the offender is in breach of the\nnon-custodial work order.\n(2) The supervisor or probation and parole officer may direct the\noffender to leave the place and not return for the remainder of that\nday.\n(3) The offender must comply with the direction.\n(4) The supervisor or probation and parole officer is not required to\narrange for the transport of the offender away from the place.\n19J Suspension of obligation to participate in approved project\n(1) This regulation applies if a probation and parole officer is satisfied\nthat:\n(a) a non-custodial offender who is subject to a non-custodial\nwork order is in breach of the order; and\n(b) it is inappropriate for the offender to continue participating in\nthe approved project that the offender is required under the\norder to participate in.\n(2) The probation and parole officer may, by notice given to the\noffender, suspend the offender's obligation under the order to\nparticipate in the project.\n(3) The notice may be given verbally or in writing.\n(4) The suspension remains in force until a court deals with the\noffender under the Sentencing Act 1995 for the breach of the\noffender's non-custodial work order.\n(5) However, a suspension does not affect the offender's obligation to\ncomplete the required number of hours of participation in the\napproved project under the offender's non-custodial work order.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 2 Non-custodial work orders\nSubdivision 2 Participation time\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 14\nSubdivision 2 Participation time\n19K Failure of supervisor or probation and parole officer to attend\n(1) This regulation applies if:\n(a) a non-custodial offender subject to a non-custodial work order\nis required to be at a place at a particular time to participate in\nan approved project; and\n(b) the offender is at that place at that time; and\n(c) neither the supervisor nor a probation and parole officer is\npresent at the place within 1 hour after that time; and\n(d) the offender satisfies a probation and parole officer that the\noffender remained at the place for that hour.\n(2) The offender is taken to have:\n(a) been at the place at the required time; and\n(b) remained at the place, participating in the approved project,\nfor the number of hours for which the offender was required to\nparticipate on that day.\n(3) This regulation does not apply if the supervisor or probation and\nparole officer had made an arrangement with the offender as to\nwhat the offender was to do during the supervisor or officer's\nabsence.\n19L Travelling time\n(1) This regulation applies if:\n(a) a non-custodial offender subject to a non-custodial work order\nis required to be at a place at a particular time to participate in\nan approved project; and\n(b) the offender is at that place at that time; and\n(c) the offender is taken to, or directed by the supervisor or a\nprobation and parole officer to go to, another place to\nparticipate in the approved project.\n(2) The reasonable time spent by the offender in travelling to the other\nplace is taken to be time spent participating in the approved project.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 3 Non-custodial offenders other than home detainees\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 15\n19M Rest and meal breaks\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender subject to a\nnon-custodial work order is required to remain at a place\nparticipating in an approved project for 8 hours or longer on a\nparticular day.\n(2) The offender must be allowed:\n(a) a 10 minute rest break in the morning; and\n(b) a meal break of 1 hour; and\n(c) a 10 minute rest break in the afternoon.\n(3) The time allowed for breaks under subregulation (2) is taken to be\ntime spent by the offender participating in the approved project.\n(4) If the offender leaves the place during a rest or meal break,\nregulation 19E continues to apply to the offender as if the offender\nwere still at the place.\nDivision 3 Non-custodial offenders other than home\ndetainees\n19N Division does not apply to home detainees\nThis Division does not apply in relation to a home detainee.\n19P Requirement to attend for training, treatment etc.\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender is required to be\nat a place at a particular time to:\n(a) undertake a training program or undergo required treatment;\nor\n(b) comply with a reporting or supervision requirement under the\norder.\n(2) The offender must be at the required place at the required time.\n(3) However, if the offender is not at the place as required, the offender\ndoes not breach subregulation (2) if:\n(a) the offender's failure to attend is approved by a probation and\nparole officer; or\n(b) the offender's failure to attend is due to illness and the\noffender complies with subregulations (5) and (6).\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 3 Non-custodial offenders other than home detainees\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 16\n(4) A probation and parole officer may grant approval under\nsubregulation (3)(a) if satisfied that reasonable grounds exist for the\noffender not attending.\n(5) If the offender is absent due to illness the offender must give a\nprobation and parole officer a certificate, signed by a health\npractitioner, stating:\n(a) that at the time of the failure to attend the offender was, in the\npractitioner's opinion, unfit to attend as required; and\n(b) the grounds for that opinion.\n(6) The certificate must be given to the probation and parole officer not\nmore than 72 hours (or any longer period allowed by the officer)\nafter the offender's failure to attend at the place.\n19Q Alcohol and restricted drugs\n(1) A non-custodial offender who is at a place for a purpose mentioned\nin regulation 19P(1) must not:\n(a) be under the influence of alcohol or a restricted drug; or\n(b) be in possession of alcohol or a restricted drug; or\n(c) consume alcohol or use a restricted drug.\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a drug taken, or to be\ntaken, as prescribed by a health practitioner.\n19R Participation in satisfactory manner\n(1) A non-custodial offender who is required to undertake a training\nprogram or undergo required treatment must participate in the\nprogram or treatment in a manner satisfactory to the person\nconducting the program or treatment.\n(2) A non-custodial offender who is required to report or be supervised\nmust do so in a manner satisfactory to a probation and parole\nofficer.\n19S Requirement to remain at approved residence\n(1) This regulation applies if a non-custodial offender who is subject to\na monitoring order is required by the order, or by a direction given\nby a probation and parole officer, to remain at the offender's\napproved residence during a specified period.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 3 Non-custodial offenders other than home detainees\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 17\n(2) During the specified period the offender must remain at the\noffender's approved residence unless:\n(a) the offender's absence is for the purpose of seeking urgent\ntreatment from a health practitioner; and\n(b) the offender gives a probation and parole officer a certificate,\nsigned by a health practitioner, stating the grounds on which\nthe treatment was sought; and\n(c) the certificate is given to the probation and parole officer not\nmore than 72 hours (or any longer period allowed by the\nofficer) after the offender left the offender's approved\nresidence.\n(3) If the offender is absent from the offender's approved residence for\nthe purpose mentioned in subregulation (2)(a), the offender must:\n(a) travel without delay and by the shortest practicable route from\nthe approved residence to the place where the offender seeks\ntreatment; and\n(b) return to the approved residence by the shortest practicable\nroute as soon as practicable after being treated.\n19T Firearms\n(1) Subject to subsection (2), a non-custodial offender:\n(a) must not possess a firearm without the approval of the\nCommissioner; and\n(b) must immediately notify a probation and parole officer if\nanother person at the offender's residence is in possession of\na firearm.\n(2) This regulation does not apply to a non-custodial offender who is\nsubject only to:\n(a) a community work order; or\n(b) a community correction order with a condition to participate in\nan approved project imposed under section 34(1)(a) of the\nSentencing Act 1995 and with no other conditions imposed\nunder section 34 of that Act.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 4 Home detainees\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 18\n19U Conduct generally\nA non-custodial offender:\n(a) must accept telephone calls from a probation and parole\nofficer at the offender's home or place of employment or\nbusiness; and\n(b) must not obstruct a probation and parole officer in the exercise\nof the officer's functions, or anyone assisting the officer; and\n(c) must not assault, threaten, insult or use abusive language to a\ncorrectional services officer.\nDivision 4 Home detainees\n19V Requirement to reside in and remain at approved residence\n(1) A home detainee who is absent from the detainee's approved\nresidence does not breach the detainee's home detention order or\nadministrative non-custodial order if any of the following apply:\n(a) the detainee's absence is necessary in order to comply with a\ndirection of a probation and parole officer;\n(b) the detainee's absence is for one of the following and has\nbeen approved by a probation and parole officer:\n(i) employment or carrying on a business;\n(ii) education or training;\n(iii) rehabilitation;\n(iv) practices associated with the detainee's religion or belief\nsystem;\n(c) the detainee's absence is for the purpose of seeking urgent\ntreatment from a health practitioner and the detainee complies\nwith subregulations (2) and (3).\n(2) If the detainee is absent for the purpose of seeking urgent\ntreatment, the detainee must give a probation and parole officer a\ncertificate, signed by a health practitioner, stating the grounds on\nwhich the treatment was sought.\n(3) The certificate must be given to the probation and parole officer not\nmore than 72 hours (or any longer period allowed by the officer)\nafter the detainee left the detainee's approved residence.\n\nPart 3A Non-custodial orders\nDivision 4 Home detainees\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 19\n(4) If the detainee is absent from the detainee's approved residence for\na purpose mentioned in subregulation (1) the detainee must:\n(a) travel without delay and by the shortest practicable route from\nthe approved residence to the place where that purpose is to\nbe carried out; and\n(b) return to the approved residence by the shortest practicable\nroute as soon as practicable after the purpose has been\ncompleted.\n19W Alcohol and restricted drugs\nA home detainee must not purchase or consume alcohol or\npurchase or use a restricted drug (other than as prescribed by a\nhealth practitioner).\n19X Firearms\nA home detainee:\n(a) must not possess a firearm without the approval of the\nCommissioner; and\n(b) must immediately notify a probation and parole officer if\nanother person at the detainee's approved residence is in\npossession of a firearm.\n19Y Conduct generally\nA home detainee:\n(a) must be of good behaviour; and\n(b) must not contravene a law in force in the Territory; and\n(c) must accept visits from a probation and parole officer at a\nplace where the detainee is permitted to be under\nregulation 19V; and\n(d) must accept telephone calls from a probation and parole\nofficer at the detainee's approved residence or place of\nemployment or business; and\n(e) must not assault, threaten, insult or use abusive language to a\ncorrectional services officer.\n\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 20\nPart 4 Miscellaneous matters\n20 Leave permit condition\nFor section 111(c) of the Act, it is a condition of a leave permit that\nthe prisoner must not purchase or consume alcohol, or purchase or\nuse any drug (other than as prescribed by a health practitioner).\n21 Monitoring devices\nFor section 165 of the Act, definition monitoring device,\nparagraph (a)(iii), the purpose of monitoring a prisoner's compliance\nwith a leave permit is prescribed.\n22 Notification of seizure of mail\n(1) This regulation applies if the General Manager of a custodial\ncorrectional facility:\n(a) is given:\n(i) an item of mail under section 155(2) or (4) or 157(2) of\nthe Act; or\n(ii) a thing that has been removed from an item of mail\nunder section 155(5)(a) of the Act; and\n(b) seizes the mail or thing under section 157(3)(c) of the Act.\n(2) The General Manager must inform the prisoner by or to whom the\nmail was sent that the mail or thing has been seized and will be\ndealt with by the Commissioner under section 158 of the Act.\n23 Prisoner welfare\nThe Commissioner must ensure that a prisoner is provided with:\n(a) food of sufficient quantity and quality to maintain the prisoner\nin good health; and\n(b) the opportunity for such exercise to maintain the prisoner in\ngood health as it is reasonably practicable to provide; and\n(c) sufficient clothing of a kind that is:\n(i) suitable for the climate; and\n(ii) if the prisoner is required to carry out work – suitable for\ncarrying out that work.\n\nPart 5 Awards\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 21\n24 Oath of office\n(1) Each of the following must take an oath of office before performing\nany of the functions of the office:\n(a) the Commissioner;\n(b) the General Manager of a custodial correctional facility;\n(c) a correctional officer;\n(d)a special correctional officer. (2) The oath must be in the form set out\nin Schedule 4.\nPart 5 Awards\n25 Commissioner may confer awards\n(1) The Commissioner may confer an award mentioned in Schedule 3\non a person who is or was a correctional services officer or\nemployee of the Agency if the Commissioner is satisfied that the\nperson satisfies the criteria for that award mentioned in Schedule 3.\n(2) An award may be conferred posthumously.\n26 Form of decorations\nThe decorations for an award are to be in a form determined by the\nCommissioner.\n27 Wearing of decorations\n(1) The recipient of an award:\n(a) may wear the decorations for the award:\n(i) on a ceremonial occasion; or\n(ii) on any other occasion approved by the Commissioner;\nand\n(b) if the decorations for the award include a ribbon – may wear\nthe ribbon on the recipient's uniform or clothing, in the manner\nspecified in the Commissioner's Directions, while he or she is\non duty or at work.\n(2) A person commits an offence if the person:\n(a) wears any of the decorations for an award conferred under\nthis Part; and\n\nPart 6 Transitional provisions for Correctional Services Regulations 2014\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 22\n(b) is not the recipient of the award.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units.\n28 Revocation of conferral of award\n(1) The Commissioner may revoke the conferral of an award.\n(2) A person commits an offence if:\n(a) the conferral of an award on the person is revoked; and\n(b) the person knows that the award has been revoked; and\n(c) the person fails to return the decorations for the award to the\nCommissioner within 28 days after the revocation.\nMaximum penalty: 50 penalty units.\n29 Awards register\nThe Commissioner must keep a register of awards conferred under\nthis Part.\nPart 6 Transitional provisions for Correctional\nServices Regulations 2014\n30 Awards\nFor Schedule 3, items 5 and 6:\n(a) the reference to a period of service includes a reference to\nservice before the commencement of these Regulations; and\n(b) a reference to the Agency includes, in relation to a period\nbefore that commencement, a reference to the Agency from\ntime to time administering the repealed Prisons (Correctional\nServices) Act 1980.\n31 Oath of office\nRegulation 24 does not apply to a person to whom section 211 of\nthe Act applies.\n\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Correctional Services Amendment Regulations 2016\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 23\nPart 7 Transitional matters for Correctional Services\nAmendment Regulations 2016\n32 Continuation of directions, approvals etc.\n(1) Any direction, requirement, approval, exemption or suspension in\nforce immediately before the commencement in relation to an\noffender under the repealed Regulations continues in force in\nrelation to the offender for the purposes of Part 3A, as inserted by\nthe amending Regulations.\n(2) In this regulation:\namending Regulations means the Correctional Services\nAmendment Regulations 2016.\ncommencement means the commencement of the amending\nRegulations.\nrepealed Regulations means the Correctional Services\n(Non-custodial Orders) Regulations, as in force immediately before\nthe commencement.\n\nSchedule 1 Misconduct\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 24\nSchedule 1 Misconduct\nregulation 3\n1 Failing to comply with a provision of the Act that requires a prisoner to\ndo or not do something.\nExamples for item 1\nProvisions of the Act that require a prisoner to do or not do something include the\nfollowing:\n(a) section 42(1) – compliance with general routine of custodial correctional facility;\n(b) section 42(2) – compliance with directions;\n(c) section 51(1) – alcohol/drug testing;\n(d) section 52(1) – buccal swabs;\n(e) section 53(1) – identity confirmation.\n2 Conduct that constitutes an offence against the Act.\nExamples for item 2\nOffences against the Act include the following:\n(a) section 176(2) – giving something to another person;\n(b) section 183 – removing something from custodial correctional facility;\n(c) section 187 – obstructing a correctional services officer;\n(d) section 188 – giving misleading information to a correctional services officer;\n(e) section 191 – tampering with a sample given or taken for an alcohol/drug test.\n3 Conduct that is riotous, disorderly or otherwise threatens the security\nand good order of a custodial correctional facility.\n4 Being unlawfully absent from a custodial correctional facility.\n5 Being in part of a custodial correctional facility in which the prisoner is\nnot authorised to be.\n6 Failing to attend a muster, or avoiding a count, of prisoners.\n7 Sexually harassing a person.\n8 Conduct (including using language) that is insulting or threatening.\n9 Abusing the prisoner's rights to receive visits, send and receive mail\nand make and receive telephone calls.\nExamples for item 9\nConduct that might constitute such abuse includes the following:\n(a) sending mail that purports to be a protected/legal item but is not;\n(b) making a telephone call to a person who the prisoner is prohibited by a court\norder from contacting;\n(c) arranging to have another person send a prohibited thing to the prisoner by\ndisguising it as a protected/legal item;\n\nSchedule 1 Misconduct\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 25\n(d) sending mail to a person whom the prisoner is prohibited by a court order from\ncontacting.\n10 Abusing the prisoner's privilege to use a computer or other electronic\ndevice.\nExamples for item 10\nConduct that might constitute such abuse includes the following:\n(a) using a computer to create threatening letters;\n(b) using audio equipment to create a disturbance.\n11 Feigning or exaggerating illness or an injury.\n12 Consuming, using, taking, administering, smoking or otherwise\ningesting any of the following:\n(a) alcohol;\n(b) tobacco;\n(c) medication (other than medication prescribed for the prisoner by\na health practitioner);\n(d) a drug;\n(e) anything else likely to induce an intoxicated state.\n13 Giving or administering anything mentioned in item 12 to another\nprisoner.\n14 Manufacturing anything mentioned in item 12.\n15 Tattooing or body piercing any person.\n16 Altering the prisoner's appearance in a way that could reasonably affect\nthe ability of correctional officers or special correctional officers to\nidentify the prisoner.\n17 Gambling.\n18 Being in possession of something that is not an allowable item.\n19 Lending or selling something to another prisoner for gain.\n20 Damaging property (other than the prisoner's own property).\nExamples for item 20\nProperty that might be damaged includes the following:\n(a) a thing at a correctional services establishment that is owned or used by the\nTerritory;\n(b) possessions of another prisoner or a visitor;\n(c) clothing or personal items issued to the prisoner or another prisoner;\n(d) plants growing at the custodial correctional facility;\n(e) property at a place where the prisoner is working outside the custodial\ncorrectional facility.\n\nSchedule 1 Misconduct\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 26\n21 Interfering with fixtures and fitting, security equipment or other property\nat the custodial correctional facility.\nExamples for item 21\nConduct that might constitute interfering with property includes the following:\n(a) picking locks;\n(b) disabling cameras or security sensors;\n(c) tampering with lighting.\n22 Removing the prisoner's identification document or device.\n23 Altering a document or device used to identify the prisoner, or creating\na false document or device.\n24 Failing to comply with a condition of a leave permit.\n25 Making a malicious or frivolous complaint about a correctional services\nofficer or another prisoner to a General Manager, the Commissioner or\na protected correspondent.\n\nSchedule 2 Privileges that may be withdrawn\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 27\nSchedule 2 Privileges that may be withdrawn\nregulation 4\n1 Attendance at or participation in any of the following:\n(a) the showing of a film or video;\n(b) a concert or other performance;\n(c) any other organised leisure time activity.\n2 Use of, or access to, (whether individually or as a member of a group)\nany of the following:\n(a) audio or audiovisual equipment or content;\n(b) a musical instrument.\n3 Use of library facilities, except to the extent that the use is reasonably\nnecessary for the purposes of a course of study or training in which the\nprisoner is enrolled.\n4 Possession of allowable items, other than essential toiletries.\n5 Purchasing of allowable items, other than essential toiletries.\n6 Receiving visits, other than priority/legal visits.\n7 Making or receiving telephone calls, other than priority/legal calls.\n8 Purchasing of telephone credits.\n9 Participation in hobbies.\n10 Associating with a particular prisoner or group of prisoners.\n11 Leave permits granted at prisoner's request.\n\nSchedule 3 Awards\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 28\nSchedule 3 Awards\nregulation 25\nAward Criteria\n1 Bravery medal Conduct of conspicuous merit involving an act of\nexceptional bravery\n2 Commendation for\nbrave conduct\nAn act of bravery\n3 Exemplary Conduct\nCross\nConduct or service characterised by initiative,\nleadership or distinctive devotion to duty\n4 Unit Citation Performance of outstanding service as part of a\nunit\n5 Service Medal Completion of 10 years of satisfactory service to\nthe Agency\n6 Service Medal –\nclasp\nCompletion of a second or subsequent 10 years of\nsatisfactory service to the Agency\n\nSchedule 4 Oath of office\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 29\nSchedule 4 Oath of office\nregulation 31\nI, ___________________________ [promise/ swear etc. as required by\nOaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010] that I:\n(a) will perform the functions of the office of [name of office] lawfully,\nimpartially and in good faith; and\n(b) will uphold the Northern Territory Department of Correctional Services\nCode of Conduct; and\n(c) will not bring the Department of Correctional Services into disrepute.\n[So help me God! or as appropriate]\n\nENDNOTES\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 30\nENDNOTES\n1 KEY\nKey to abbreviations\namd = amended od = order\napp = appendix om = omitted\nbl = by-law pt = Part\nch = Chapter r = regulation/rule\ncl = clause rem = remainder\ndiv = Division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired rep = repealed\nf = forms s = section\nGaz = Gazette sch = Schedule\nhdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision\nins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation\nlt = long title sub = substituted\nnc = not commenced\n2 LIST OF LEGISLATION\nCorrectional Services Regulations (SL No. 28, 2014 )\nNotified 9 September 2014\nCommenced 9 September 2014\nCorrectional Services Amendment Regulations (SL No. 9, 2016)\nNotified 3 May 2016\nCommenced 3 May 2016\nJustice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (Act No. 4, 2024)\nAssent date 14 March 2024\nCommenced pt 5, div 1: 30 October 2023 (s 2(2));\npt 3, div 2: 25 March 2024 (s 2(3), s 2 Sentencing and Other\nLegislation Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 28, 2022) and\nGaz S19, 22 March 2024); pt 4: 25 March 2024 (s 2(4), s 2\nCriminal Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences)\nAct 2023 (Act No. 20, 2023) and Gaz S20, 22 March 2024);\nrem: 15 March 2024 (s 2(1))\nCorrectional Services Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 3, 2025)\nAssent date 18 February 2025\nCommenced 19 February 2025 (s 2)\n3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS\nGeneral amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table\nof amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: rr 1, 2, 9, 17, 19A, 19B, 19D,\n19H, 19J and 30 and sch 4.\n4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS\nr 2 amd No. 9, 2016, r 3\n\nENDNOTES\nCorrectional Services Regulations 2014 31\nr 15 amd No. 9, 2016, r 4\nr 16 amd No. 9, 2016, r 5\npt 3A hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\npt 3A\ndiv 1 hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19 amd Act No. 3, 2025, s 8\nr 19A ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 58\nr 19B ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 59\npt 3A\ndiv 2\nsdiv 1 hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19C ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19D ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 60\nrr 19E – 19G ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19H ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 61\nr 19J ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 62\npt 3A\ndiv 2\nsdiv 2 hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nrr 19K – 19M ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\npt 3A\ndiv 3 hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nrr 19N – 19S ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19T ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 63\nr 19U ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\npt 3A\ndiv 4 ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 19V ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\namd Act No. 4, 2024, s 64\nrr 19W – 19Y ins No. 9, 2016, r 6\nr 20 amd No. 9, 2016, r 7\nr 24 amd Act No. 3, 2025, s 9\nr 27 amd No. 9, 2016, r 8\npt 7 hdg ins No. 9, 2016, r 9\nr 32 ins No. 9, 2016, r 9\nsch 1 amd No. 9, 2016, r 10; Act No. 3, 2025, s 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The 2016 amendments inserted Part 3A, which dramatically expanded the scope to cover non-custodial orders (community work, home detention, parole conditions). This transformed the instrument from prison-focused regulations into a comprehensive corrections code covering both custody and community supervision. Further 2024-2025 amendments continued this expansion by updating references to new sentencing legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple nested structures: Parts, Divisions, Subdivisions, and Schedules create a layered hierarchy","Extensive cross-referencing to the parent Act (Correctional Services Act 2014) and other legislation (Sentencing Act 1995, Traffic Act 1987, Firearms Act 1997, etc.)","Conditional logic throughout, particularly in Part 3A where exceptions to obligations are specified (e.g., regulation 19C(3) provides three separate exceptions to attendance requirements)","Defined terms scattered across multiple sections (Part 1, Part 3 Division 1, Part 3A Division 1) with some terms defined by reference to other Acts","Evidentiary certificate provisions (regulation 19) with multiple categories of certifiers and certifiable matters requiring careful parsing","Transitional provisions spanning multiple amendment periods (Parts 6 and 7) with references to repealed legislation","Schedules containing substantive content (Schedules 1-4) rather than just forms, meaning the full law is split between regulations and schedules"],"plain_english_summary":"These are the Northern Territory's rules that flesh out how prisons and community corrections work in practice. They sit underneath the main Correctional Services Act and fill in the operational details.\n\n**What it covers:**\n\n**For prisoners in jail:**\n- **Misconduct:** A detailed list of what counts as breaking prison rules (Schedule 1) — from rioting and drug use to tattooing, gambling, or making fake complaints. If a prisoner misbehaves, staff can withdraw privileges like movie nights, phone calls, or hobby time (Schedule 2), dock their pay by up to 25%, or fine them up to $200.\n- **Fair process:** Before being punished, prisoners must have the charges explained in plain language and can request an interpreter if needed.\n- **Drug and alcohol testing:** Sets out when and how prisoners can be tested for alcohol and drugs using breath, saliva, urine, or blood samples, and who can take those samples (correctional officers, police, or approved health workers).\n\n**For offenders serving sentences in the community (non-custodial orders):**\n- **Work orders:** Rules about showing up for community work, wearing protective gear, behaving on site, and what happens if the supervisor doesn't turn up (you still get credit for waiting).\n- **Monitoring and treatment:** Requirements to attend training, counselling, or medical treatment, and rules about staying at approved residences.\n- **Home detention:** Specific rules for people confined to their homes, including when they can leave (work, education, medical emergencies) and that they must take calls from their parole officer.\n- **Alcohol, drugs and firearms:** Bans on consuming alcohol or restricted drugs (unless prescribed) and strict controls on firearms.\n\n**For staff:**\n- **Awards:** A system for medals and citations for bravery, good conduct, and long service (Schedule 3).\n- **Oath of office:** Staff must swear to perform their duties lawfully and uphold the Department's Code of Conduct (Schedule 4).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese regulations determine the day-to-day reality for prisoners and offenders under supervision — everything from whether they can make a phone call after breaking a rule, to how their urine sample is handled, to whether they get a meal break during community work. They balance security and punishment with basic welfare requirements like food, clothing, and exercise."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the limited metadata provided, there is insufficient information to determine whether the scope of this legislation has changed from its original intent. The document does not include any substantive provisions, explanatory materials, or amendment history that would allow a meaningful scope comparison."},"complexity_factors":["Insufficient substantive content provided — only metadata is available, preventing full complexity assessment","Correctional services law typically intersects with human rights obligations, administrative law, and criminal justice frameworks, adding layers of complexity","Regulations (subordinate legislation) must be read alongside the parent Act, requiring cross-referencing","The existence of a reprint (REPC118R1) suggests multiple amendments over time, which can create complexity in tracking current law","Prison management rules often involve discretionary powers exercised by officials, which can be complex to navigate for those affected"],"plain_english_summary":"The Correctional Services Regulations 2014 set detailed rules for the operation of prisons and the management of prisoners, affecting incarcerated people, prison staff, visitors, and the corrections department. They govern everyday custody arrangements, rights and responsibilities, discipline, visits and administrative processes. The supplied document is mostly metadata with limited substantive provisions; a reprint/amendment appears to have commenced on 19 February 2025."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Since first made in 2014 the Regulations have expanded in scope. Notably: the insertion of Part 3A (Non‑custodial orders) in 2016 added a detailed compliance regime for non‑custodial offenders (attendance, satisfactory participation, travel and break rules, suspension procedures, separate rules for home detainees and monitoring orders) that goes beyond a simple custodial discipline code (regs 19A–19Y). Later amendments (including 2024–2025 amending Acts) refined the misconduct and administrative powers (for example, amendments to reg 19 and others cited in the endnotes). The expansion moved the instrument from primarily listing in‑custody misconduct and testing rules to also comprehensively regulating non‑custodial supervision mechanics, evidentiary certification, and administrative award/oath provisions — effectively broadening the Regulations into a full operational rule‑set for both custodial and community‑based corrections."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple Parts (7) including a later-inserted Part 3A adding non-custodial rules","6 Schedules with detailed lists (Misconduct, Privileges, Awards, Oath)","Numerous defined terms and cross-references to at least 4 other Acts (Traffic Act 1987; Misuse of Drugs Act 1990; Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012; Firearms Act 1997; Sentencing Act 1995)","Conditional rules with nested exceptions (e.g. when breath analysis or blood analysis may be required — regs 13–14)","Procedural time limits and documentary requirements (multiple 72‑hour certificate windows)","Multiple classes of authorised persons and approvals (correctional officers, probation and parole officers, police, Commissioner‑approved classes, authorised health practitioners, pathologists)","Evidentiary certificate scheme centralises proof (reg 19) creating dependencies on administrative certifications","Varied sanctions and remedies (privilege withdrawals, pay reduction specified %; fines with deduction from trust accounts; suspension of obligations)","Separate regimes for custodial prisoners, non-custodial offenders, and home detainees with overlapping but different obligations","Interlocking operational provisions (attendance, travel time, breaks, protective clothing, firearms notification, monitoring device purpose)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do, in plain language**\n\n- They set out detailed rules that support the Correctional Services Act for the Northern Territory. Mechanically, the Regulations:\n  - list specific acts that count as prisoner misconduct (Schedule 1) and list privileges that may be taken away for misconduct (Schedule 2) [reg 3; schs 1–2];\n  - prescribe penalties and how they operate (a 75% reduction of work pay rate for certain misconduct, fines up to $200 payable to the Territory, and deduction from a prisoner’s trust account if unpaid) [regs 5–6];\n  - require the decision-maker to explain the charge, penalties and rights at the start of misconduct proceedings and to provide an interpreter when reasonably necessary [regs 7–8];\n  - prescribe what kinds of alcohol and drug tests may be used (breath, saliva, urine, breath analysis and blood analysis), who may take or analyse samples, when each kind of test may be required, and how test results can be certified and used as evidence [Part 3, regs 9–19];\n  - create a new, detailed Part (Part 3A) that governs non-custodial orders (community work, home detention, monitoring orders and other non-custodial supervision). That Part defines terms, says a breach of these regulations is a breach of the offender’s order, and then sets out obligations for non-custodial offenders such as attendance, satisfactory participation in projects or programs, restrictions on alcohol and certain drugs, rules about protective clothing, travel and break time, firearms, and conduct while under supervision. It separates rules for general non-custodial offenders and for home detainees [Part 3A, regs 19A–19Y];\n  - prescribe conditions of leave permits (no alcohol or non-prescribed drugs), monitoring device purposes, notification requirements when mail is seized, minimum prisoner welfare standards (food, exercise, clothing), oath of office wording, and an awards scheme for Agency staff [regs 20–29; schs 3–4].\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Prisoners and prisoners on non-custodial orders: they are subject to the misconduct rules, discipline, testing, attendance and behaviour requirements in this instrument (Schedules and Parts 2 and 3A). Specific groups affected include:\n  - custodial prisoners (inside facilities) for misconduct, testing and welfare rules;\n  - non-custodial offenders (community work orders, community correction orders, intensive orders, home detainees, monitoring orders) for attendance, program participation, drug/alcohol restrictions, travel and residence requirements;\n  - home detainees, who have separate rules about absences and behaviour [Part 3A].\n- Correctional Services officers, probation and parole officers, supervisors and the Commissioner: they make decisions under the Regulations (approvals, directions to attend/leave, suspensions, approvals of samplers and analysers, and evidentiary certifications) [regs 11, 16–18, 19(2), 19A, 19H–19J].\n- Health practitioners, phlebotomists and pathologists: they are the authorised sample-takers and analysts for blood tests and issue evidentiary certificates where required [regs 9, 18, 19(6)–(7)].\n- External organisations or supervisors that run approved projects or training programs (public or private): they must supervise offenders, assess satisfactory participation, and may be given directions by probation and parole officers [regs 19C–19D, 19F, 19R].\n\n**Why it matters (the stated purpose and how the regulations work mechanically)**\n\n- The Regulations operationalise the Act by specifying what counts as misconduct, what penalties and privilege-withdrawals are available, and how disciplinary hearings must be run (explaining charges, giving interpreter help). That makes the disciplinary process clearer and specifies limits on penalties (e.g. $200 fine cap) [regs 3–8; schs 1–2].\n- They prescribe how and when alcohol and drug testing may be carried out and who may carry it out. This gives the Agency statutory authority to screen and obtain evidence about intoxication or drug use among prisoners and non-custodial offenders, and sets evidentiary paths for using test results in proceedings [Part 3].\n- Part 3A provides detailed behavioural and administrative rules for non-custodial orders (attendance, participation standards, breaks, travel time, suspension procedures, and home-detainee exceptions). It makes breaches of these regulations expressly a breach of the underlying non-custodial order, creating a clear compliance regime [19B; Part 3A].\n\n**Practical effects, incentives and trade-offs (tested against costs and implementation issues)**\n\n- Who decides and exercises discretion:\n  - Correctional officers and probation and parole officers have broad operational discretion to direct tests (subject to “reasonable” limits), approve absences, suspend obligations, require protective clothing, and direct offenders to leave a work site [regs 12–15, 19C, 19H–19J, 19F]. The Commissioner approves classes of external persons who may undertake tests and issues evidentiary certificates [regs 11, 16–17, 19(2)].\n- Who pays / bears costs:\n  - Offenders can be fined (up to $200) payable to the Territory and the Commissioner can deduct unpaid fines from a prisoner’s trust account [reg 6].\n  - An offender is required to provide protective footwear if directed to wear it during work [reg 19F(3)]; that is an explicit out-of-pocket requirement for some offenders. The Regulations do not set fees for monitoring devices or testing costs, but administrative handling (appointments, travel, medical certificates) imposes transaction costs on offenders and the Agency.\n- Behaviour changes the regulations aim to produce:\n  - Deterrence from misconduct inside facilities via listed misconduct items, privilege withdrawal, reduced pay and fines [reg 3; sch 1; regs 4–6].\n  - Reduced alcohol and drug use while under supervision through frequent testing powers, bans on possession/consumption while attending approved projects or on leave, and requirements for offenders to be “not under the influence” when participating in programs [regs 10–19; 19E; 19Q; 19W; reg 20].\n  - Compliance with time and place obligations for non-custodial orders — attend, remain, participate satisfactorily, accept supervision contacts, and (for home detainees) remain at approved residence except for approved reasons [Part 3A].\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs:\n  - The Commissioner and Agency benefit from clarified administrative powers (approvals, evidentiary certificates, ability to set conditions). That centralised authority lowers friction for enforcement but concentrates decision-making. Costs (enforcement, supervision, compliance paperwork) are borne mainly by offenders and frontline staff (probation/parole/supervisors). Where approved projects are delivered by external providers, organisations may carry supervision burdens and potential liability exposure.\n- Compliance burden and procedural safeguards:\n  - Offenders must provide medical certificates within tight windows (generally 72 hours) to justify absences for illness; failing that risks being recorded as a breach [regs 19C(5)–(6); 19P(5)–(6); 19V(2)–(3)].\n  - Misconduct hearings require the decision-maker to explain charges, penalties and rights; interpreters must be provided where reasonably necessary — procedural protections that help fairness but add administrative steps [regs 7–8].\n- Implementation risks and trade-offs:\n  - Discretion risks inconsistent application across officers and locations, particularly for “reasonable” grounds to require tests or to approve absences. The Regulations rely on managerial oversight (Commissioner, General Manager) and evidentiary certificates, but do not prescribe detailed audit or appeal steps for every decision [regs 12–15; 19(2)].\n  - Reliance on evidentiary certificates simplifies proof but can make proceedings fact-driven by officer or Commissioner-issued certificates; cross-checks depend on access to analysts, pathologists and custody of samples [reg 19].\n  - Time demands placed on offenders to attend programs and complete hours (including travel time rules and rest/meal break treatment) can displace employment or family duties; the Regulations partly mitigate this with travel-time credit and defined break times [regs 19L–19M].\n\n**Key mechanics to watch for**\n\n- The Regulations make certain administrative acts (approving samplers, issuing evidentiary certificates, suspending participation obligations) instruments of enforcement. These concentrate enforcement power in the hands of the Commissioner and probation and parole officers [regs 11, 16–19, 19J].\n- They explicitly treat failure to comply with these regulations as a breach of the underlying non-custodial order, so a local administrative failure can become a sentencing matter [reg 19B].\n\n**Where the Regulations refer to other laws**\n\n- They cross‑refer to the Act itself and other statutes (Traffic Act 1987 for breath instruments; Misuse of Drugs Act 1990 and Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012 for definitions of drugs; Firearms Act 1997 and Sentencing Act 1995 for related terms and conditions). Those external definitions and powers determine the outer bounds of testing, drug definitions and firearm rules [regs 2, 9, 10, 19A].\n\nSummary: These Regulations operationalise day-to-day discipline, testing and supervision powers under the Correctional Services framework. They clarify what conduct counts as misconduct, prescribe testing and evidence routines for alcohol/drug detection, and lay down granular duties and restrictions for non-custodial offenders (attendance, sobriety, clothing and safety, residence for home detainees). The principal trade-offs are concentrated administrative discretion and enforcement powers in the Agency (Commissioner, probation/parole officers) versus practical burdens on offenders and supervisory staff (attendance, medical certificates, possible out-of-pocket costs, and compliance monitoring)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014","history":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/correctional-services-regulations-2014/documents"}}