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Corrections Act 1997
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### 34AA Hire of extra equipment
> [*\[Section 34AA Inserted by No. 52 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Dec 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-12-01/act-2016-052#GS15@EN)
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> > (1) The Director may, on request, allow a prisoner or detainee to hire equipment and items additional to the standard equipment and items with which the prisoner or detainee is issued.
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> > (2) The additional equipment or items may be hired on such conditions and for such hiring fee as the Director determines.
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> > (3) The hiring fee –
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> > > > (a) is not to exceed the reasonable cost of providing and, if applicable, operating the additional equipment or items; and
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> > > > (b) may be a nominal fee.
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> > (4) The Director may recover the hiring fee from moneys that the Director holds on the prisoner's or detainee's behalf.