65Prison offences

65 Prison offences

(1) A prisoner must not—

(a) assault or threaten any person; or

(b) act in a disruptive, abusive, offensive, racist, discriminatory or indecent manner, whether by language or conduct; or

(c) engage in gambling; or

(d) traffic into a prison an unauthorised article or substance; or

(e) have in the prisoner's possession an article or substance that is not—

(i) issued or authorised by an officer; or

(ii) prescribed by a medical officer, a registered medical practitioner or a dentist; or

(iii) permitted under the Act or these Regulations; or

(f) consume alcohol; or

(g) use a drug of dependence that is not prescribed for the prisoner by a registered medical practitioner; or

(h) use a drug of dependence prescribed for the prisoner by a registered medical practitioner in a manner that is not prescribed; or

(i) possess an unauthorised article or substance unless the prisoner's possession of the unauthorised article or substance is approved by the Governor; or

(j) smoke or use a tobacco product; or

(k) misuse a telephone to threaten a person or to speak to a person who is not approved by the Governor; or

(l) use any communication device (including a radio and a mobile telephone) that is not approved by the Governor; or

(m) communicate, or cause to be communicated (including by radio, telephone, the Internet or any other means) any matter that the Governor is reasonably satisfied is contrary to—

(i) the management, good order or security of a prison; or

(ii) the safe custody or welfare of any prisoner; or

(iii) the safety or welfare of any person (including the impact of the communication on a victim which may be distressing, traumatic or offensive); or

(n) misuse a computer or any other electronic equipment accessed by installing, using or possessing hardware, programmes, software or other material that is not approved by the Commissioner; or

(o) use or access the Internet; or

(p) commission, arrange, enable or allow another person to use or access the Internet on the prisoner's behalf, unless use or access to the Internet is—

(i) by a lawyer representing the prisoner, or from whom the prisoner is seeking legal advice, for the purposes of a legal proceeding; or

(ii) by any person or body referred to in regulation 20 or section 47(1)(m) of the Act (other than a lawyer referred to in section 47(1)(m)(iii) of the Act) in the course of the person or body's official duties; or