sec.123Dealing with prohibited thing

### sec.123 Dealing with prohibited thing A regulation may prescribe a thing to be a prohibited thing. A prisoner in a corrective services facility must not deal, or attempt to deal, with— a prohibited thing; or something intended to be used by a prisoner to make a prohibited thing. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment. However, subsection (2) does not apply to— making or attempting to make a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to make it; or possession of a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to possess it. The finding of a prohibited thing in a prisoner’s room that is not shared with another prisoner, or on the person of a prisoner, in a corrective services facility is evidence the thing was in the prisoner’s possession when it was found. In this section— deal with , a thing, means make, possess, conceal or knowingly consume the thing. (sec.123-ssec.1) A regulation may prescribe a thing to be a prohibited thing. (sec.123-ssec.2) A prisoner in a corrective services facility must not deal, or attempt to deal, with— a prohibited thing; or something intended to be used by a prisoner to make a prohibited thing. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment. (sec.123-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to— making or attempting to make a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to make it; or possession of a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to possess it. (sec.123-ssec.4) The finding of a prohibited thing in a prisoner’s room that is not shared with another prisoner, or on the person of a prisoner, in a corrective services facility is evidence the thing was in the prisoner’s possession when it was found. (sec.123-ssec.5) In this section— deal with , a thing, means make, possess, conceal or knowingly consume the thing. - (a) a prohibited thing; or - (b) something intended to be used by a prisoner to make a prohibited thing. - (a) making or attempting to make a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to make it; or - (b) possession of a thing if the prisoner has the chief executive’s written approval to possess it.