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Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Regulation 2014
294Issue of firearms to correctional officers not at armed posts
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#### 294 Issue of firearms to correctional officers not at armed posts
294 Issue of firearms to correctional officers not at armed posts
> > (1) The governor of a correctional centre or the principal security officer may (by a direction given generally or in any particular case) authorise the issue of firearms to correctional officers who are not stationed at armed posts for use in connection with—
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> > > (a) the escorting of inmates, or
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> > > (b) the maintenance of a guard outside a correctional centre.
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> > (2) The Commissioner may (by a direction given in a particular case) authorise the issue of firearms to correctional officers for use in connection with patrols of the perimeter of a correctional centre.
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> > (3) The governor of a correctional centre may (by a direction given in a particular case) authorise the issue of firearms to correctional officers who are not stationed at armed posts—
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> > > (a) for use in connection with the quelling or control of a correctional centre disturbance or riot, or
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> > > (b) for any other purpose for which the governor considers it necessary that firearms be issued.
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> > (4) The following persons may (by a direction given in a particular case) authorise the issue of firearms to correctional officers who are not stationed at armed posts for use in connection with the conveyance of money or other property within a correctional centre or between a correctional centre and other places—
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> > > (a) the Commissioner,
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> > > (b) the principal security officer,
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> > > (c) the governor of a correctional centre.