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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.138Seizing property
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### sec.138 Seizing property
A corrective services officer may seize—
anything found in a corrective services facility, whether or not in a person’s possession, that the officer reasonably considers poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to—
the security or good order of the facility; or
the safety of persons in the facility; or
a prohibited thing found in a corrective services facility, other than on or in the possession of a prisoner who has the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing; or
a prohibited thing found on or in the possession of a prisoner who does not have the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing.
A corrective services officer must not seize a document to which legal professional privilege attaches.
Section 140 (6) does not apply in relation to a thing seized under this section if the chief executive refers the matter to the commissioner under section 114 .
s 138 amd 2020 No. 23 s 18
(sec.138-ssec.1) A corrective services officer may seize— anything found in a corrective services facility, whether or not in a person’s possession, that the officer reasonably considers poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to— the security or good order of the facility; or the safety of persons in the facility; or a prohibited thing found in a corrective services facility, other than on or in the possession of a prisoner who has the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing; or a prohibited thing found on or in the possession of a prisoner who does not have the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing.
(sec.138-ssec.2) A corrective services officer must not seize a document to which legal professional privilege attaches.
(sec.138-ssec.3) Section 140 (6) does not apply in relation to a thing seized under this section if the chief executive refers the matter to the commissioner under section 114 .
- (a) anything found in a corrective services facility, whether or not in a person’s possession, that the officer reasonably considers poses, or is likely to pose, a risk to— (i) the security or good order of the facility; or (ii) the safety of persons in the facility; or
- (i) the security or good order of the facility; or
- (ii) the safety of persons in the facility; or
- (b) a prohibited thing found in a corrective services facility, other than on or in the possession of a prisoner who has the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing; or
- (c) a prohibited thing found on or in the possession of a prisoner who does not have the chief executive’s written approval to possess the thing.
- (i) the security or good order of the facility; or
- (ii) the safety of persons in the facility; or