8GVisits by Official Visitors to custodial centres

8G Visits by Official Visitors to custodial centres

8G Visits by Official Visitors to custodial centres

(1) An Official Visitor must visit the custodial centre to which the Official Visitor is assigned at least once each month, unless prevented by illness or another unavoidable cause.

(2) An Official Visitor (Adults) may also visit an adult custodial centre at other reasonable times unless the Commissioner considers a visit would be inappropriate because of security concerns.

(3) An Official Visitor (Children) may also visit a juvenile justice centre at other reasonable times unless the Secretary of the Department considers a visit would be inappropriate because of security concerns.

(4) During a visit to a custodial centre, an Official Visitor may—

(a) carry out interviews with custodial centre staff members at the centre, and

(b) carry out interviews with persons in custody, detained or residing at the centre, and

(c) inspect the centre.

(5) An Official Visitor’s power to carry out interviews—

(a) may only be exercised with the consent of the interviewee, and

(b) includes the power to carry out interviews in private, at the request of the potential interviewee or on the initiative of the Official Visitor, and

(c) does not include the power to carry out an investigation or audit.

(6) An Official Visitor visiting a custodial centre to which the Official Visitor is assigned must inform custodial centre staff members at the centre and the persons in custody, detained or residing at the centre, that interviews with the Official Visitor may be carried out in private.

s 8G: Ins 2025 No 7, Sch 1[12].