205Local leave permits

205 Local leave permits (1) The director-general may give a full-time detainee a written permit (a local leave permit) to be absent from a correctional centre for any purpose the director-general considers appropriate. Examples of purposes 1 to attend a health or rehabilitation service 2 to take part in work or work-related activities 3 for compassionate reasons

Local leave Part 12.1 (2) The permit must include the following: (a) the purpose for which the leave is granted; (b) the period, not longer than 7 days, for which leave is granted. (3) Despite subsection (2) (b), if the permit is granted for the purpose of receiving long-term medical treatment or palliative care and on the advice of a doctor appointed under section 21, the permit must include the period for which leave is granted, being not longer than 3 months. (4) The permit is subject to the following conditions: Example of condition stated in permit a condition prohibiting association with a particular person or being near a particular place (5) The director-general may cancel a detainee’s local leave permit if— (a) the detainee breaches a condition of the permit; or (b) the leave is no longer needed for the purpose for which the permit was granted.