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Corrective Services Act 2006
sec.29Application for accommodation of child with female prisoner
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### sec.29 Application for accommodation of child with female prisoner
This section applies if a female prisoner—
gives birth to a child during her period of imprisonment; or
has custody of a child—
of whom the prisoner is the mother; or
the subject of a court order requiring the child to live with the prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s mother.
On admission to the corrective services facility, the prisoner must be informed that—
the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, may apply to the chief executive to have the child accommodated with the prisoner; and
if the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, applies and the application is successful, the prisoner will have primary responsibility for the child’s care and safety, including all costs associated with the care.
The following persons may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive to have the child accommodated with the prisoner in the corrective services facility—
the prisoner;
the child protection chief executive.
In this section—
costs associated , with the care of a child, includes the cost of nappies and baby goods for the child, but does not include the cost of food and drink for the child.
(sec.29-ssec.1) This section applies if a female prisoner— gives birth to a child during her period of imprisonment; or has custody of a child— of whom the prisoner is the mother; or the subject of a court order requiring the child to live with the prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s mother.
(sec.29-ssec.2) On admission to the corrective services facility, the prisoner must be informed that— the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, may apply to the chief executive to have the child accommodated with the prisoner; and if the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, applies and the application is successful, the prisoner will have primary responsibility for the child’s care and safety, including all costs associated with the care.
(sec.29-ssec.3) The following persons may apply, in the approved form, to the chief executive to have the child accommodated with the prisoner in the corrective services facility— the prisoner; the child protection chief executive.
(sec.29-ssec.4) In this section— costs associated , with the care of a child, includes the cost of nappies and baby goods for the child, but does not include the cost of food and drink for the child.
- (a) gives birth to a child during her period of imprisonment; or
- (b) has custody of a child— (i) of whom the prisoner is the mother; or (ii) the subject of a court order requiring the child to live with the prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s mother.
- (i) of whom the prisoner is the mother; or
- (ii) the subject of a court order requiring the child to live with the prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s mother.
- (i) of whom the prisoner is the mother; or
- (ii) the subject of a court order requiring the child to live with the prisoner, whether or not the prisoner is the child’s mother.
- (a) the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, may apply to the chief executive to have the child accommodated with the prisoner; and
- (b) if the prisoner, or the child protection chief executive, applies and the application is successful, the prisoner will have primary responsibility for the child’s care and safety, including all costs associated with the care.
- (a) the prisoner;
- (b) the child protection chief executive.