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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.169Professional visitor
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### sec.169 Professional visitor
A professional visitor may only—
visit the prisoner the subject of the professional visitor’s access approval; or
access the part of the corrective services facility allowed under the professional visitor’s access approval.
The visit or access must be carried out during the time approved by the chief executive.
A prisoner’s legal visitor must be allowed to interview the prisoner out of the hearing, but not out of the sight, of a corrective services officer.
In this section—
professional visitor means a person who provides a professional service to a prisoner.
a legal visitor
a health practitioner
a teacher or tutor
a program facilitator
a religious visitor
s 169 amd 2023 No. 14 s 17
(sec.169-ssec.1) A professional visitor may only— visit the prisoner the subject of the professional visitor’s access approval; or access the part of the corrective services facility allowed under the professional visitor’s access approval.
(sec.169-ssec.2) The visit or access must be carried out during the time approved by the chief executive.
(sec.169-ssec.3) A prisoner’s legal visitor must be allowed to interview the prisoner out of the hearing, but not out of the sight, of a corrective services officer.
(sec.169-ssec.4) In this section— professional visitor means a person who provides a professional service to a prisoner. a legal visitor a health practitioner a teacher or tutor a program facilitator a religious visitor
- (a) visit the prisoner the subject of the professional visitor’s access approval; or
- (b) access the part of the corrective services facility allowed under the professional visitor’s access approval.
- • a legal visitor
- • a health practitioner
- • a teacher or tutor
- • a program facilitator
- • a religious visitor