153Confiscation of protected/legal items

153 Confiscation of protected/legal items (1) This section applies if a correctional officer conducting a search under this Act finds a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item. (2) The correctional officer: (a) must not open or inspect the thing; and (b) may confiscate the thing only if the correctional officer reasonably believes that: (i) it is not a thing that has been, is being, or is intended to be, given: (A) by a prisoner to a protected correspondent or the prisoner's legal practitioner; or (B) to a prisoner by a protected correspondent or the prisoner's legal practitioner; or (ii) it is, or contains a thing that is, a prohibited thing.

Correctional Services Act 2014 70 (3) If a correctional officer confiscates a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item, the correctional officer must, as soon as practicable, give it to: (a) if it purports to be a protected item – a nominated examiner; or (b) if it purports to be a legal item – the General Manager. (4) As soon as practicable after being given a confiscated thing under subsection (3)(b), the General Manager must give it to a nominated examiner.