48Expenditure of prisoner's money

48 Expenditure of prisoner's money (1) A prisoner may spend money held in the prisoner's prisoner trust account to— (a) buy personal items including toiletries, food, confectionery and stationery; and (b) make telephone calls; and (c) make payments to a family member of the prisoner or a government agency; and (d) buy or pay for other items approved by the Governor. (2) A prisoner may request that the Governor debit or transfer a specified amount of money from the prisoner's prisoner trust account for a specified purpose. (3) Subject to subregulation (4), the Governor, on receiving a prisoner's request under subregulation (2), may authorise the debit or transfer. (4) The Governor must not authorise the transfer of money from a prisoner's prisoner trust account into the prisoner trust account of another prisoner. (5) If a prisoner intentionally or negligently damages or loses property of the prison, the Governor of that prison may deduct from the prisoner's prisoner trust account an amount that is not more than the cost of replacing or repairing that property. (6) The Governor must report to the Secretary— (a) any deduction made under subregulation (5); and (b) the circumstances of the deduction; and (c) how the amount of the deduction was calculated.