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Corrections Regulations 2019
58Storage of prisoner's property
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58 Storage of prisoner's property
(1) A Governor must ensure that a prisoner's property is stored in a secure location that is not accessible to any prisoner.
(2) The Governor must maintain an inventory of each item of a prisoner's property.
(3) Despite subregulation (1), a prisoner may keep in the prisoner's cell an item of the prisoner's property if the prisoner is authorised by the Secretary or the Governor to keep that item.
(4) The Secretary may set a maximum value of property that may be stored on behalf of a prisoner under subregulation (1).
(5) The Governor may refuse to store a prisoner's property if the value of the prisoner's property exceeds the maximum value set by the Secretary under subregulation (4).
(6) In addition to subregulation (5), the Governor may, at any time, refuse to store a prisoner's property.