Corrections Management Act 2007
156Report etc by corrections officer
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156 Report etc by corrections officer (1) This section applies if a corrections officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that a detainee has committed a disciplinary breach. (2) The corrections officer may do 1 or more of the following if the officer believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is appropriate in the circumstances: (a) counsel the detainee; (b) warn the detainee about committing a disciplinary breach; (c) reprimand the detainee; (d) subject to section 161 (Grounds for investigative segregation), direct that the detainee be segregated from other detainees for the purposes of this part; (e) give a presiding officer a report (an initial report) about the alleged disciplinary breach. (3) A report under subsection (2) (e) must be given to the presiding officer as soon as possible, and must set out the following: (a) details of the alleged disciplinary breach; (b) the officer’s reasons for believing the detainee has committed the disciplinary breach; (c) if subsection (2) (d) applies— (i) details of the segregation directed; and (ii) the officer’s reasons for the direction; and (iii) a recommendation about the detainee’s segregation;
(d) anything else prescribed by regulation.