Corrective Services Regulation 2017
sec.8Safety order for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner
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sec.8 Safety order for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner
After making a safety order for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner, the chief executive must tell the following persons about making the order— a cultural liaison officer; if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer has been appointed for the corrective services facility—the elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer; the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person. When telling the cultural liaison officer about making the safety order, the chief executive must ask the officer to visit the prisoner. A failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) does not invalidate the making of the safety order. In this section— cultural liaison officer means a corrective services officer who holds an appointment as a cultural liaison officer. (sec.8-ssec.1) After making a safety order for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander prisoner, the chief executive must tell the following persons about making the order— a cultural liaison officer; if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer has been appointed for the corrective services facility—the elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer; the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person. (sec.8-ssec.2) When telling the cultural liaison officer about making the safety order, the chief executive must ask the officer to visit the prisoner. (sec.8-ssec.3) A failure to comply with subsection (1) or (2) does not invalidate the making of the safety order. (sec.8-ssec.4) In this section— cultural liaison officer means a corrective services officer who holds an appointment as a cultural liaison officer.
- (a) a cultural liaison officer;
- (b) if an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer has been appointed for the corrective services facility—the elder, respected person or indigenous spiritual healer;
- (c) the person nominated by the prisoner as the prisoner’s contact person.