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66 Information about entitlements and obligations
(1) As soon as practicable after a detainee is admitted to a correctional
centre, the director-general must ensure that reasonable steps are
taken to explain the following to the detainee:
(a) the detainee’s entitlements and obligations under this Act;
(b) the case management plan arrangements;
(c) the role of official visitors;
(d) the role of the custodial inspector;
(e) the procedures for seeking information and making complaints;
(f) if the detainee is a national of a foreign country—the right to
have a diplomatic or consular representative of the country told
about the detention;
(g) anything else prescribed by regulation;
(h) anything else the director-general considers necessary or
desirable.
Examples—par (g)
1 corrections policies and operating procedures relevant to the detainee
2 the scope and effect of the director-general’s directions
3 for a transgender or intersex detainee—the effect of section 79 in
relation to choice of sexual identity
4 the health services, work and activities available to detainees
5 for an offender—the role of the sentence administration board
(2) The explanation under subsection (1)—
(a) may be in general terms; and
(b) as far as practicable, must be in language the detainee can
readily understand.
Example—par (a)
a written statement or checklist used by corrections officers to give detainees
a general summary of the things mentioned in subsection (1)
(3) The director-general must arrange for the assistance of an interpreter
in complying with subsection (1) or (2) if the director-general
believes, on reasonable grounds, that the detainee is unable, because
of inadequate knowledge of the English language or a disability, to
communicate with reasonable fluency in English.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the assistance of the interpreter may
be provided by telephone.
(5) The director-general must also ensure that copies of the following are
available for inspection by detainees at each correctional centre:
(a) this Act;
(b) corrections policies and operating procedures available under
section 14.
(6) The director-general must tell a diplomatic or consular representative
of a foreign country about the detention of a national of that country,
if asked by the detainee.