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Corrections Management Act 2007
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157 Investigation by investigator
(1) After being given an initial report about an alleged disciplinary
breach by a detainee, the presiding officer may, if the presiding
officer believes on reasonable grounds it is appropriate, refer the
report to an investigator.
(2) The investigator must—
(a) consider the initial report and investigate the alleged disciplinary
breach by the detainee; and
(b) give the presiding officer a report (an investigator’s report)
about the alleged disciplinary breach.
(3) The report must include the following:
(a) a copy of the initial report;
(b) a recommendation for any action by the presiding officer under
section 158 (2);
(c) the investigator’s reasons for the recommendation;
(d) anything else prescribed by regulation.
(4) The report may include any other information the investigator
considers is relevant in relation to the alleged disciplinary breach.
(5) The corrections officer who made the initial report about the alleged
disciplinary breach by the detainee must not exercise any function of
an investigator in relation to the breach.