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Corrections Management Act 2007
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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.