sec.70Removal of prisoner for law enforcement purposes

### sec.70 Removal of prisoner for law enforcement purposes A person may, in the approved form, apply to the chief executive for a prisoner to be removed from a corrective services facility to another place to enable— the prisoner to provide information to a law enforcement agency to help the agency perform its law enforcement functions; or a law enforcement agency to question the prisoner about an indictable offence alleged to have been committed by the prisoner. The chief executive may authorise the removal of the prisoner only if the prisoner, in the presence of an official visitor, agrees in writing. A prisoner is taken to be in the presence of an official visitor if the official visitor can see and hear the prisoner by means of a contemporaneous communication link. The prisoner may be removed only by a corrective services officer or police officer. While the prisoner is absent from the corrective services facility, the prisoner is taken to be in the custody of the chief executive of the law enforcement agency. s 70 amd 2024 No. 25 s 6 (sec.70-ssec.1) A person may, in the approved form, apply to the chief executive for a prisoner to be removed from a corrective services facility to another place to enable— the prisoner to provide information to a law enforcement agency to help the agency perform its law enforcement functions; or a law enforcement agency to question the prisoner about an indictable offence alleged to have been committed by the prisoner. (sec.70-ssec.2) The chief executive may authorise the removal of the prisoner only if the prisoner, in the presence of an official visitor, agrees in writing. (sec.70-ssec.3) A prisoner is taken to be in the presence of an official visitor if the official visitor can see and hear the prisoner by means of a contemporaneous communication link. (sec.70-ssec.4) The prisoner may be removed only by a corrective services officer or police officer. (sec.70-ssec.5) While the prisoner is absent from the corrective services facility, the prisoner is taken to be in the custody of the chief executive of the law enforcement agency. - (a) the prisoner to provide information to a law enforcement agency to help the agency perform its law enforcement functions; or - (b) a law enforcement agency to question the prisoner about an indictable offence alleged to have been committed by the prisoner.