Corrections Management Act 2007
25Correctional centres—arrangements with NSW
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25 Correctional centres—arrangements with NSW (1) The Chief Minister may make arrangements with the Governor of New South Wales in relation to keeping full-time detainees at a NSW (2) The arrangements may include provision for— (a) the exercise by NSW officers of functions in relation to full-time detainees kept at a NSW correctional centre; and (b) reports by NSW officers about the exercise of those functions. NSW officer means an officer or other person having authority under the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) to exercise a function in relation to a full-time detainee. Note The Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, pt 4.3 (Full-time detention in NSW) provides for the removal of full-time detainees to NSW correctional centres.
Part 3.4 Administration—special provisions Part 3.4 Administration—special provisions 26 Declaration of emergency (1) This section applies if the director-general believes, on reasonable grounds, that an emergency (including an imminent emergency) exists in relation to a correctional centre that threatens or is likely to threaten— (a) security or good order at the centre; or (b) the safety of anyone at the centre or elsewhere. (2) The director-general may declare that an emergency exists in relation to the correctional centre for a stated period of not more than— (a) 3 days; or (b) if another period is prescribed by regulation—the period prescribed. (3) To remove any doubt, the director-general may make declarations for 2 or more consecutive periods in relation to the same emergency. (4) A declaration commences when it is made, unless it provides for a later commencement. (5) A declaration— (a) is a notifiable instrument; and (b) must be notified under the Legislation Act no later than the day after the day it is made.
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