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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.286Assigning official visitor to corrective services facility
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### sec.286 Assigning official visitor to corrective services facility
The chief executive must ensure that—
if 2 or more official visitors are assigned to visit a corrective services facility, at least 1 of the official visitors is a lawyer; and
if a significant proportion of prisoners in custody in a corrective services facility are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoners, at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit the facility is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; and
at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit a corrective services facility for female prisoners is a woman.
An official visitor must visit the corrective services facility to which the official visitor has been assigned—
once each month, unless otherwise directed by the chief executive; and
when asked to do so by the chief executive.
If an official visitor is unable to visit a corrective services facility as required by subsection (2) , the official visitor must immediately notify the chief executive.
(sec.286-ssec.1) The chief executive must ensure that— if 2 or more official visitors are assigned to visit a corrective services facility, at least 1 of the official visitors is a lawyer; and if a significant proportion of prisoners in custody in a corrective services facility are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoners, at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit the facility is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; and at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit a corrective services facility for female prisoners is a woman.
(sec.286-ssec.2) An official visitor must visit the corrective services facility to which the official visitor has been assigned— once each month, unless otherwise directed by the chief executive; and when asked to do so by the chief executive.
(sec.286-ssec.3) If an official visitor is unable to visit a corrective services facility as required by subsection (2) , the official visitor must immediately notify the chief executive.
- (a) if 2 or more official visitors are assigned to visit a corrective services facility, at least 1 of the official visitors is a lawyer; and
- (b) if a significant proportion of prisoners in custody in a corrective services facility are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoners, at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit the facility is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; and
- (c) at least 1 of the official visitors assigned to visit a corrective services facility for female prisoners is a woman.
- (a) once each month, unless otherwise directed by the chief executive; and
- (b) when asked to do so by the chief executive.