12Property

12 Property

12 Property

(1) The centre manager may refuse to allow a detainee to use or otherwise have possession of the detainee’s approved property if, in the opinion of the centre manager, the possession of the property by the detainee is a risk to security, safety or good order.

(2) Any approved property in the possession of a detainee—

(a) must be kept by the detainee in a tidy and orderly manner, and

(b) must be used only in a manner approved by the centre manager.

(3) Any approved property of a detainee that, in the opinion of the centre manager, is kept or used in such a manner as to be a risk to security, safety or good order may be retained by the centre manager.

(4) Any medicine surrendered by a detainee at a detention centre may be dealt with as a medical officer directs.

(5) Religious books, recognised objects of religious devotion and similar items belonging to a detainee are taken to be approved property and to have been acquired with the permission of the centre manager.

(6) The property of a detainee transferred from one detention centre to another must be transferred from the custody of the centre manager of the former detention centre to the custody of the centre manager of the new detention centre, together with such inventories and records as may be directed by the Secretary.