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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.154Contact during personal visit
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### sec.154 Contact during personal visit
A personal visit must be a non-contact visit, unless the chief executive approves that the visit be a contact visit.
In deciding whether to give the approval, the chief executive must consider the following—
the requirements of any court order relating to the prisoner;
whether the prisoner has previously escaped or attempted to escape from custody;
whether the prisoner has previously given a positive test sample;
information about the prisoner or visitor that indicates a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility.
During a contact visit, a personal visitor must not—
engage in sexual activity with a prisoner; or
behave in a disorderly, indecent, offensive, riotous or violent manner.
If a personal visitor fails to comply with subsection (3) , the personal visitor may be directed to leave the corrective services facility.
(sec.154-ssec.1) A personal visit must be a non-contact visit, unless the chief executive approves that the visit be a contact visit.
(sec.154-ssec.2) In deciding whether to give the approval, the chief executive must consider the following— the requirements of any court order relating to the prisoner; whether the prisoner has previously escaped or attempted to escape from custody; whether the prisoner has previously given a positive test sample; information about the prisoner or visitor that indicates a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility.
(sec.154-ssec.3) During a contact visit, a personal visitor must not— engage in sexual activity with a prisoner; or behave in a disorderly, indecent, offensive, riotous or violent manner.
(sec.154-ssec.4) If a personal visitor fails to comply with subsection (3) , the personal visitor may be directed to leave the corrective services facility.
- (a) the requirements of any court order relating to the prisoner;
- (b) whether the prisoner has previously escaped or attempted to escape from custody;
- (c) whether the prisoner has previously given a positive test sample;
- (d) information about the prisoner or visitor that indicates a risk to the security or good order of the corrective services facility.
- (a) engage in sexual activity with a prisoner; or
- (b) behave in a disorderly, indecent, offensive, riotous or violent manner.