34AAHire of extra equipment

34AA Hire of extra equipment

[Section 34AA Inserted by No. 52 of 2016, s. 15, Applied:01 Dec 2017]

(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.

(2)  The additional equipment or items may be hired on such conditions and for such hiring fee as the Director determines.

(3)  The hiring fee –

(a) is not to exceed the reasonable cost of providing and, if applicable, operating the additional equipment or items; and

(b) may be a nominal fee.

(4)  The Director may recover the hiring fee from moneys that the Director holds on the prisoner's or detainee's behalf.