158Action by presiding officer

158 Action by presiding officer (1) This section applies if a presiding officer is given— (a) an initial report about an alleged disciplinary breach by a detainee; or Investigation of disciplinary breaches Division 10.2.1 (b) an investigator’s report about an alleged disciplinary breach by a detainee. (2) After considering the report and making any further investigation the presiding officer considers appropriate, the presiding officer may, if the presiding officer believes on reasonable grounds it is appropriate, do 1 or more of the following: (a) take no further action in relation to the initial report; (b) counsel the detainee; (c) warn the detainee about committing a disciplinary breach; (d) reprimand the detainee; (e) refer the allegation to— (i) the chief police officer; or (ii) the director of public prosecutions; (f) charge the detainee under section 159 (Disciplinary charge); (g) subject to section 161 (Grounds for investigative segregation), direct that the detainee be segregated from other detainees for this part; (h) anything else prescribed by regulation. (3) A referral under subsection (2) (e) must be in writing and be accompanied by a report by the presiding officer. (4) The corrections officer who made the initial report or investigator’s report about the alleged disciplinary breach by the detainee must not exercise any function of a presiding officer under this division in relation to the breach.