Corrective Services Regulation 2017
sec.22Visitor identification— Act , s 160
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sec.22 Visitor identification— Act , s 160
For section 160 (1) of the Act , the way in which each visitor is to prove the visitor’s identity is— by producing any 3 of the following— a current debit card, credit card or bankbook with the visitor’s name and signature; the visitor’s current pension card or other social security card; the visitor’s current medicare card; the visitor’s birth certificate; a statutory declaration witnessed by a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations identifying the visitor by name and signature; or the visitor’s current driver’s licence; or a letter identifying the visitor by name, signed by a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or an identification card, containing the visitor’s photo, issued by— the chief executive; or a law enforcement agency; or the Supreme Court; or a State government entity; or an educational facility; or the visitor’s current passport. Despite subsection (1) , a visitor who is a child may prove the visitor’s identity by producing any 1 of the identification documents mentioned in subsection (1) (a) . If a visitor is an unaccompanied child who can not prove the visitor’s identity in a way mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) , the visitor may prove the visitor’s identity by answering questions about the visitor, or the prisoner, that sufficiently identify the visitor. s 22 amd 2024 SL No. 187 s 13 (sec.22-ssec.1) For section 160 (1) of the Act , the way in which each visitor is to prove the visitor’s identity is— by producing any 3 of the following— a current debit card, credit card or bankbook with the visitor’s name and signature; the visitor’s current pension card or other social security card; the visitor’s current medicare card; the visitor’s birth certificate; a statutory declaration witnessed by a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations identifying the visitor by name and signature; or the visitor’s current driver’s licence; or a letter identifying the visitor by name, signed by a member of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or an identification card, containing the visitor’s photo, issued by— the chief executive; or a law enforcement agency; or the Supreme Court; or a State government entity; or an educational facility; or the visitor’s current passport. (sec.22-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) , a visitor who is a child may prove the visitor’s identity by producing any 1 of the identification documents mentioned in subsection (1) (a) . (sec.22-ssec.3) If a visitor is an unaccompanied child who can not prove the visitor’s identity in a way mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) , the visitor may prove the visitor’s identity by answering questions about the visitor, or the prisoner, that sufficiently identify the visitor.
- (a) by producing any 3 of the following— (i) a current debit card, credit card or bankbook with the visitor’s name and signature; (ii) the visitor’s current pension card or other social security card; (iii) the visitor’s current medicare card; (iv) the visitor’s birth certificate; (v) a statutory declaration witnessed by a justice of the peace or commissioner for declarations identifying the visitor by name and signature; or