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Corrections Regulations 2019
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13 Instruments of restraint
(1) Subject to this Division, a prison officer may restrain a prisoner in a prison by using any of the following instruments of restraint—
(a) handcuffs;
(b) arm restraints;
(c) leg restraints;
(d) belts which restrain parts of the body;
(e) spitter protective hoods;
(f) one or more chains connected to—
(i) any of the instruments of restraint in paragraphs (a) to (d); or
(ii) any of the instruments of restraint in paragraphs (a) to (d) and a fixture.
An example of a chain connected in accordance with subparagraph (ii) is a chain that is connected to a handcuff at one end and an ankle bracelet at the other end that secures to the prisoner and to a secure fixture when the prisoner is on a hospital bed or in a wheelchair.
(2) Any of the instruments of restraint referred to in subregulation (1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (f) may be secured with one or more locks.