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230 Review of strip search on admission provision
(1) The Minister must review the operation of section 70 (Strip search on
admission) as amended by the Corrections and Sentencing
Legislation Amendment Act 2023 (the amending Act).
(2) The review must be started as soon as practicable 2 years after the
commencement of the amending Act, section 4.
(3) The Minister must present a report of the review to the Legislative
Assembly within 6 months after the day the review is started.
(4) This section expires 3 years after the day it commences.
(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
• chief police officer
• civil partnership
• civil union
• director-general (see s 163)
• doctor
• domestic partner (see s 169 (1))
• found guilty
• Governor
• health practitioner
• human rights commissioner
• in relation to
• integrity commission
• integrity commissioner
• intersex person (see s 169B)
• judge
• Legislative Assembly
• magistrate
• NSW correctional centre
• nurse
• ombudsman
• police officer
• public advocate
• public servant
• sentence administration board
• transgender person (see s 169A (1) and (2))
• tribunal.
accredited person, in relation to a detainee, means each of the
(a) if the detainee is a sentenced offender—anyone involved in
relation to the administration of the sentence;
(b) a lawyer representing the detainee;
(c) an official visitor;
(d) the custodial inspector;
(e) the human rights commissioner;
(f) the public advocate;
(g) the ombudsman;
(h) a person prescribed by regulation.
Note Territory laws apply to a delegate of a person in the exercise of a
delegation as if the delegate were the person who appointed the delegate
(see Legislation Act, s 239 (2)).
accused—see section 151.
activity—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005,
adjudicator means a person who is appointed as an adjudicator under
section 177.
administrative penalty—see section 184.
admission, of a detainee to a correctional centre—see section 63.
body search, of a detainee—see section 107.
case management plan, for a detainee, means the detainee’s case
management plan maintained under section 78.
charge—see section 151.
charge notice—see section 159.
conduct means an act or omission.
correctional centre means a place declared to be a correctional centre
under section 24.
corrections dog means a dog approved under the regulations to
exercise functions as a corrections dog under this Act.
corrections officer means a person who is appointed as a corrections
officer under section 19.
corrections policy means a corrections policy under section 14.
corresponding director-general, for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see
section 206.
corresponding leave law, for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see
section 206.
court cell, for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—see
section 29.
custodial inspector means the custodial inspector appointed under the
Custodial Inspector Act 2017, section 9.
detainee—see section 6.
director-general, for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells
etc)—see section 29.
disciplinary action—see section 183.
disciplinary breach—see section 152.
disciplinary charge—see section 151.
drug—see section 132.
engage in conduct means—
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to do an act.
entitled person—see section 57.
escape, for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.
escort officer, in relation to a person, means—
(a) a police officer; or
(b) a corrections officer whose functions include escorting the
person.
family member, of a detainee, means any of the following:
(a) the detainee’s domestic partner;
(b) a parent, step-parent or grandparent of the detainee;
(c) a child, step-child or grandchild of the detainee;
(d) a brother, sister, step-brother or step-sister of the detainee;
(e) a guardian or carer of the detainee.
frisk search—see section 107.
full-time detainee—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration)
Act 2005, section 22 (1).
health facility means a hospital or other facility where health services
are provided.
health service—
(a) means a service provided to someone (the service user) for any
of the following purposes:
(i) assessing, recording, maintaining or improving the
physical, mental or emotional health, comfort or wellbeing
of the service user;
(ii) diagnosing or treating an illness, disability, disorder or
condition of the service user; and
(b) includes a service provided by a health practitioner in the
practitioner’s capacity as a health practitioner.
hearing, for an inquiry—see section 151.
initial report—see section 156 (2) (e).
inquiry—see section 151.
interstate detainee, for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.
interstate escort officer—see section 213.
interstate leave permit—see section 208.
investigative segregation—see section 151.
investigator—see section 153.
investigator’s report—see section 157 (2) (b).
law enforcement agency—see the Spent Convictions Act 2000,
legally privileged—a thing is legally privileged if client legal
privilege attaches to the thing.
local leave permit—see section 205.
mail means postal mail.
nonsmoking area, at a correctional centre—see section 86.
offender—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005,
official visitor means an official visitor for a visitable place under the
Official Visitor Act 2012, section 6.
operating procedure means an operating procedure under section 14.
ordinary search—see section 107.
participating State, for part 12.2 (Interstate leave)—see section 206.
personal monitoring device—see section 101.
police cell, for Chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells etc)—
see section 29.
positive, for a test sample for alcohol or a drug—see section 133.
possession, of a thing, includes the following:
(a) receiving or obtaining possession of the thing;
(b) having control over the disposition of the thing (whether or not
having custody of the thing);
(c) having joint possession of the thing.
presiding officer—
(a) for this Act generally—see section 151; and
(b) for chapter 11 (Disciplinary inquiries)—see section 191.
privilege, in relation to a detainee—see section 154.
prohibited area, at a correctional centre—see section 85.
prohibited thing means a thing declared to be a prohibited thing under
section 81.
protected mail means mail between a detainee and any of the
(d) the human rights commissioner;
(e) the public advocate;
(f) the ombudsman;
(g) the integrity commissioner;
(h) a person prescribed by regulation.
register of detainees means the register kept under section 76.
relevant presiding officer, for division 10.3.5 (Disciplinary action)—
see section 182.
remandee—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005,
scanning search—see section 107.
secure mental health facility—see the Mental Health (Secure
Facilities) Act 2016, section 7.
security classification, for a detainee, means the detainee’s security
classification under section 80.
segregation, of a detainee—see section 88.
seizeable item, for division 9.4.3 (Strip searches)—see section 113.
sentence—see the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005,
separate confinement, of a detainee—see section 151.
strip search, of a detainee—see section 107.
test sample—see section 132.
visitable place—see section 57.
visiting conditions, at a correctional centre, means conditions
declared under section 143 (Visiting conditions) in relation to the
centre.
visitor, to a correctional centre, includes a person working at the
correctional centre, other than a corrections officer, and a person who
intends to enter the correctional centre as a visitor.
Examples—person working at correctional centre
counsellor, psychologist, tradesperson, volunteer
young detainee, for chapter 4 (Detention in police and court cells
etc)—see the Children and Young People Act 2008, section 95.
About the endnotes 1
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Corrections Management Act 2007 A2007-15
notified LR 18 June 2007
s 1, s 2 commenced 18 June 2007 (LA s 75 (1))
s 230 commenced 1 August 2007 (LA s 75AA)
sch 1 pt 1.2, pt 1.3 commenced 1 August 2007 (s 2 and CN2007-6)
remainder commenced 18 December 2007 (s 2 and LA s 79)
as amended by
Civil Partnerships Act 2008 A2008-14 sch 1 pt 1.6
notified LR 15 May 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 15 May 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.6 commenced 19 May 2008 (s 2 and CN2008-8)
Children and Young People Act 2008 A2008-19 sch 1 pt 1.1
notified LR 17 July 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 17 July 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 9 September 2008 (s 2 and CN2008-13)
Children and Young People (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008
A2008-20 sch 2 pt 2.4
notified LR 17 July 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 17 July 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
s 3 commenced 18 July 2008 (s 2 (1))
sch 2 pt 2.4 commenced 9 September 2008 (s 2 (3) and see Children
and Young People Act 2008 A2008-19, s 2 and CN2008-13)
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008 A2008-44 sch 1 pt 1.2
notified LR 9 September 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 9 September 2008 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.2 commenced 30 May 2009 (s 2 and CN2009-4)
Corrections Management Amendment Act 2008 A2008-49
notified LR 15 September 2008
s 1, s 2 commenced 15 September (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 16 September 2008 (s 2)
Work Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2009 A2009-28 sch 2 pt 2.2
notified LR 9 September 2009
s 1, s 2 commenced 9 September 2009 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 2 pt 2.2 commenced 1 October 2009 (s 2 and see Work Safety Act